As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the… — Chris Vance Copy Share Image
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch,… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
You will permit me to say, that a greater drama is now acting on this theatre than has heretofore been brought on… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Actors act... Their job is to become this character. And I have, in fact, seen Sam Heughan become Jamie and Caitriona Balfe… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
There are many roles and I haven't had the opportunity to do any of them. I jokingly tell people 'Sometimes I wonder,… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
In Korea is what I do is I watch the playback of each take with all of the actors and spend a… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
Bryan Cranston's advice to actors, it's my favorite thing, and it changed my life. He said: Don't go into an audition to… — Sian Clifford Copy Share Image
If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd be too much of a strain; you have… — Rory McCann Copy Share Image
If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit and watch real… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
My very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
“The theatre can teach us some truth, but it is the truth of the illusory nature of our existence. It can alert… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
“When we see plays performed on the stage, we work with a different set of standards. Hamlet is ours to picture as… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
It is exhilarating and dangerous to perform live. You are walking a tight rope in front of hundreds of people: anything could… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor.… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
I think it's important if you are an actor, if you are portraying human life, you have to connect with what is… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
My first starring role was in 'Rumpelstiltskin' and the lightbulb moment for me came when I had to stamp my foot at… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
Once you start getting big roles as an actor, everything pays. So what are you making decisions on? It's about the director… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I worked with Michael Goode back in 2009. We had done a short film together where I was the actor and he… — Daniel Lissing Copy Share Image
It's not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I do think opportunity breeds bravery. It's such a competitive profession, no one owes you anything, talent in itself is not enough.… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. Almost every time that I start, I feel completely at sea. Always at the beginning… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
What I want is an international monument to the world's greatest playwright. It would be an attraction that would be both educational… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
As an actor the best thing you have is your imagination. You're not going to have all the experiences, but you draw… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
There are two schools of thought here. On one side you have 'only disabled actors can play disabled roles' and over here… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script;… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who… — Richard Condon Copy Share Image
I moved to New York at 17 to pursue theater. I didn't know anyone and I didn't have any sort of way… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
Child actors become types. The cutesy type, the funny type, the dark type. Any time you're a type, your career's over. It's… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
“Andrew laughed at the use of the word “theater.” “B.Atlman will have plenty of theater on Monday,” he said, “when Estée Lauder… — Lynn Steward Copy Share Image
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