When you rehearse a play, you spend four weeks with one goal in mind - to wean the actor away from you.… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
My only qualifications to be an actor were that I'm daring, and I'm a quick learner. I've always learnt by watching what… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
I can get dressed earlier in the evening with every intention of going to a dance at midnight, but somehow after the… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it… — Tamsin Greig Copy Share Image
I like to do realistic films as well as sensible humourous subjects, just because I think these films are only capable to… — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
The development process is not that simple... When I started working at Fox in '92, the company had decided that dramas were… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Look, when people came after me for doing 'Indecent Proposal' or 'Disclosure,' I thought, 'Ridiculous.' These people are trying to limit me… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
I prefer ensemble casts, but with games like 'Resident Evil 6,' where there's just so much dialogue and recording mo-cap, or with… — Matthew Mercer Copy Share Image
I would like to be able to be both a film actor and a stage actor - to be an American actor… — John Glover Copy Share Image
I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family.… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I'd been wanting to work with James McAvoy since I was in drama school. I suppose there are parallels in that we're… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
Actors want to act; actors want to emote. It's like the emotional equivalent of tearing your shirt off and screaming to the… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
“Affect detection. First, a person must detect a change in the emotional disposition of someone else. In the behavioral sciences, “affect” means… — John Medina Copy Share Image
No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a lot more involved than many people realize; there are hundreds of ways to play any character. Even… — Conan Stevens Copy Share Image
There's a whole generation growing up thinking you shouldn't seek knowledge for its own sake, and that theatre and art and books… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we… — James Caan Copy Share Image
Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! You scream and choke and sink to your knees but it doesn't bring… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We all have loads of information. What an actor does is bring it to the surface. I jump without a net because… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
Not long ago a friend asked me what was the greatest pleasure I got from spending my whole life as an actor.… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
My passion lies in amazing, complex characters and really well-written stuff - not to say I wouldn't want to do a comedy… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world… — Fran Kranz Copy Share Image
What I learned growing up in Red Mountain Theatre Company is real power and time management and how to represent myself well.… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself… — Derek Magyar Copy Share Image
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
I think that's why I gravitated toward slightly broader... ummm, more conceptual kinds of movies, Underworld and Van Helsing. That was as… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as some of the Scotch tape that holds things together - I'm very handy to have… — Jean Rosenthal Copy Share Image
I worked on live studio drama, which was one weird aberration in the 1980s. I worked on the 'Battle of Waterloo,' and… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
If you mess up the performance on stage, you do it again the next night. You're like alright, you let yourself off… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I think actor is one of those jobs where you don't stop learning, even if you have a career longer than my… — Jodie Whittaker Copy Share Image
... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior… — Steve Antin Copy Share Image
Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of… — Christian Camargo Copy Share Image
