The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
It's incumbent upon a director, if you want to pull the best performance out of an actor, you have to really work… — Anthony Russo Copy Share Image
I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
My father built me a theatre behind the house where I could put on plays. Dear me, I'm making it sound a… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
Comedy is way more difficult than drama. What I might find funny, the editor might not find funny. They might choose the… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
An actor gives voice to the many multitudes that we all contain. That's why we love the movies, why we love TV… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Like all actors, after every job, I think, 'Well, that's the last one, and I'd better think about doing something else.' But… — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was… — Melissa Rauch Copy Share Image
I got into theatre kinda late by some standards, and I sorta fell into it. I had broken my ankle playing football,… — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
On set, I like to be treated just like a normal adult actor. We all put as much time and effort into… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
'Sleepy Hollow' was really the first thing I'd done that gave me the opportunity in the modern age to build an authentic… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil...and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to… — Gail O'Grady Copy Share Image
I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star,… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
My wife knows that I love her too much, so she is fine with the intimate scenes I do. She also knows… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical… — James Dean Copy Share Image
I think theater probably remains my favorite, sort of where my soul lives. It takes a lot of discipline, and you have… — Anna Gunn Copy Share Image
I worked on dramas before, I love sinking my teeth into something dramatic or a period piece, but there's something so fun… — Skylar Astin Copy Share Image
I've now been doing this for ten years, and I actually got to skip a stage of going to casting directors, and… — Carly Schroeder Copy Share Image
In the field of higher ed, many have asked whether (or when) digital education will replace on-campus education. I wonder the opposite.… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as an actor who was able to touch people with what I offered to the world. That… — Melanie Nicholls-King Copy Share Image
I like to work. I don't like to disrupt my equilibrium. I don't like to change my head. I'd rather be a… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
I moved to New York to be a theater actor. It's what I studied and what I thought I wanted to do… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator...… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was… — Bronagh Gallagher Copy Share Image
People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
Usually I approach to acting completely blindfolded. I read the script, I connect to the character, and then I try not to… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
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