I miss family and friends, and I'd like to get back to work more in Scotland, and do more things like theatre… — Tony Curran Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
Film is such a director's medium; you're really in their hands in terms of the real storytelling. As an actor, you can… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
An actor is nothing without the vision of the director. The director needs to have a vision that will cross boundaries, that… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
I know a lot of really good actors - tons, just tons - who I still don't know why they don't work… — Kevin Dillon Copy Share Image
In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you… — Janet Montgomery Copy Share Image
I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
I always think it's hard for any young actor to make that transition to more grown-up roles. Because you don't want to… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
I like entertaining people. I like being on stage. I like being in the life. This is what I do. This is… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments… — Caitlin Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
In avant garde drama ... primitivism goes hand in hand with aesthetic experimentation designed to advance the technical progress of the art… — C. D. Innes Copy Share Image
I loved my first school, Bousfield. It was near our flat and was quite a progressive, unusual place - it had an… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies. Then you become an actor and… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
'Gangs Of Wasseypur' had two parts and 200 actors. I didn't think it would be that successful and go to international festivals.… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
People comment on the way that I phrase. And in my 20s, I realized, my phrasing is jazz phrasing. I don't comply… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
We're the only band that's got real communication between the stage and the audience. People know they can come and talk to… — Captain Sensible Copy Share Image
For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I started at Howard in the drama department. At the same time, I was a fledgling member of the Black Repertory Company… — Lynn Whitfield Copy Share Image
Theres just a big group of actors in London. There are new ones coming in all the time, who are looking for… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
But, yeah, it was just the regular audition process. There were a couple people telling me about it and that they were… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
You can learn from getting to watch some of your favourite actors and actresses on-set. It's fascinating. It's amazing how professional someone… — Juno Temple Copy Share Image
“Fuck you. You think this is a scene in some indie drama you take my wife to in the Village, some pack… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
One of the things he liked about playwriting as to any other kind of writing is that a playwright is a w-r-i-g-h-t,… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
What I learned about acting, from my experiences directing, is why so many producers and directors don't like actors. You go through… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer.… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children.… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
First of all, I would shoot myself if I ever had to play straight-forward characters that really don't have much of a… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
“In high school, I developed a new love: acting. I went to a predominantly black and Latino school in Compton and, outside… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea,… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Theatres are like sacred places - you hear the stories of previous performances and people who have strived to find that sweet… — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
Personally, I'd like as many children as I can pop out, I reckon. You come from a happy family; you want to… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image