Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else,… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
Before my commercial career, I never played for more than an audience of 99 seats somewhere in downtown New York, but occasionally… — Paul Marcarelli Copy Share Image
My ma and pa are both very artistic, so I suppose it's in my blood. But my ma's the one who was… — Grey Damon Copy Share Image
I've only auditioned for one non-culturally specific role. I went through drama school and studied classic texts and played lead roles in… — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
Once on stage, I was thinking of something else, and I forgot my line. I became so frightened. The girl I was… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I… — Natasha Calis Copy Share Image
Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the… — Chris Sarandon Copy Share Image
A good movie can take you out of your dull funk and the hopelessness that so often goes with slipping into a… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
You get a lot of people who are used to the stage and a lot of people who are used to prime… — Greg Vaughan Copy Share Image
Comics, as good as they might be, they didn't know much about performance. There aren't too many comics you could watch for… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
I realised after doing 'Tanu Weds Manu' that I had become fat and was not performing to the mark. I realised that… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
Actors work for many reasons. Sometimes you do it because the material is good. Sometimes you do it because the paycheck is… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
I had done a couple of plays, but I was a clueless boob. 'Cosby' allowed me to have something on my resume… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
I love everything. I don't see myself doing a really serious drama in the next five to ten years. I don't feel… — Tommy Wirkola Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, it's really intense. My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to remember my act, trying… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close… — Adelaide Clemens Copy Share Image
Acting is the great love of my life. It gives you permission to use all parts of yourself. Permission to be the… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm okay for things like theater and stuff but for film, I just didn't think in the right way and I didn't… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors.… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
In 8th grade I started doing theatre and I remember it was as though I had taken a trip to a foreign… — Patricia Clarkson Copy Share Image
I am coming to the end of acting. I have a list: another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
“In theatre, the main objective is to make the art happy, not the audience! If you have to choose between the audience… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The greatest experience I've ever had in a movie theater was watching "Star Wars." It shaped how I look at the world.… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed participating in artistic endeavors, and I remember in high school participating in chorus, drama and singing madrigals, mainly because… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
“This is not a place where theater is a tool for telling stories about God. This is a stage where the craft… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that, as actors, we have an endless supply of money, and you don't. It comes in waves,… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor.… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
In the theater, which is a sort of jungle, one does have to be a little bit careful. One mustn't be so… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
It is not that I am only looking at doing biopics. But of course, as an actor, I always love portraying real-life… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had. It's hard. Everybody wants… — Shelley Hennig Copy Share Image
For a while, I couldn't get arrested in television because everybody thought of me as that guy on 'Trapper John.' So I… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying,… — Tarsem Singh Copy Share Image
I want to do everything. I just want variety and longevity. I've never filmed a movie before, I want to do that.… — Noah Galvin Copy Share Image
The only way to deal with yourself as an actor is to follow the emotional truth of what you have to do… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who's just standing there, waiting and ready for something to come my way. I don't really try… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
