There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to… — Baran bo Odar Copy Share Image
I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
When an actor gets a role, especially in series television where he really is the part, the audience never thinks of another… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
For movies, you need to come up with a movie that is only possible to screen in the theater, which legitimizes the… — Fedor Bondarchuk Copy Share Image
No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be… — Robbie Rist Copy Share Image
I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em,… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
To treat a big subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening's traffic of the stage when the evening, freely… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what… — Michael J. Bassett Copy Share Image
With most good scripts and good shows, they expect the actor to bring some of their ideas to the backstory of the… — Mark Consuelos Copy Share Image
True drama can be conceived only as resulting from the collective impulse of all the arts to communicate in the most immediate… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
“Sometimes instead of creating a scene it’s better to quietly slip out of the scene, practically unseen. It saves a lot of… — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said,… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
When two kids came along, I couldnt see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from… — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
When you're trying out on Broadway, it's very hectic, and you're making changes night after night. There's a lot of pressures from… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
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I like coming up with these spectacular extravaganzas that will, hopefully, totally blow people away. But I also like the intimacy of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to… — Sean Faris Copy Share Image
When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable.… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
My first job was at the BBC but was really dull. I was working in the BBC's reference department, where I did… — Matthew Bourne Copy Share Image
I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I've always played Vash [in the Sausage Party]. I played him at the table read. We probably did five or six table… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I was extremely lucky to get a chance to return to Governor's School. Being surrounded by this enthusiasm and dedication provided me… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters.… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime.… — Lance Burton Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you're auditioning for… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
While we all want the U.N. to live up to its original intent and be the place where the world comes together… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was… — Ed Gass-Donnelly Copy Share Image
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