I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
When you've written a script, if an actor has a question you're the writer as well as the director, so you have… — John Michael McDonagh Copy Share Image
Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success… — Harriet Walter Copy Share Image
I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed the feeling of being onstage - the magic that comes. When I hit the stage it’s like all of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be happy to be a specialist. There are some very interesting artists in history who refused to be nailed down… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
I don't watch anything of mine much. I haven't gone to drama school, or college, either. I just like to watch other… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
When there's an actor involved, the actor's talking to the director or the director's talking to the actor. But when there are… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
I went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
And from the first moment that I ever walked on stage in front of a darkened auditorium with a couple of hundred… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The way out of the drama triangle, as many spiritual teachers, therapists and coaches have suggested, is the creative orientation. This is… — Frank Forencich Copy Share Image
My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
I think it's one of the nicest privileges as an actor is to know that you can move people in one moment,… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
I think that the most important thing for me is how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it… — Julia Garner Copy Share Image
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If… — Peter Farrelly Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn't over, because I'd love to keep making weird plays. I can't wait… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
Making 'The Invitation' and waiting to make it on my terms and getting final cut and doing it the way I needed… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
It's based not only on what it played like in the theater, but it's also knowing that certain things play differently in… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
An audience is the most dangerous thing in the world, because they paid, and they're looking at you. And they paid! And… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I… — Peter Noone Copy Share Image
See, there's only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Why is it that the producers can do anything and get away with it, and the actors are held accountable for everything?… — Shilpa Shinde Copy Share Image
I'd like to be taken in charge of as an actor, not to be abandoned with asinine dialogue and meaningless actions or… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
In film, if you've got to do a scene in a swimming pool, you do a scene in a swimming pool. If… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable,… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, 'What do you want?' Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What do you do?' He told… — Boyd Holbrook Copy Share Image
It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did… — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
About actors' lives... I'm not the person to ask. I don't live an actor's life and I really don't know. I probably… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
