I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
My plays have been performed before children, workers, and peasants, and they have well understood the meaning of my theatre. What is… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that… — Cedric the Entertainer Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
As much as like my first love and first entry point into this business is through the theater, it's hard to make… — Morgan Spector Copy Share Image
Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
I didn't know that I could be an actor until I was 25 years old, and now I continue to go back… — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
I've heard New York actors say Chicago actors intimidate them because apparently we're the real nitty-gritty actors who're in a town where… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
It's important to learn to say no. With tours and all of that stuff, there are so many aspects that go into… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
It was amazing how much their [Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] process seemed familiar to me, translating that into the work… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
The truth is that when writing a TV show or a film you are a part of a team. And though you… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff… — Zach Gilford Copy Share Image
As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something,… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the… — Gwilym Lee Copy Share Image
I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I did an internship at the Ardent theatre company in Philly after dropping out of college. I was earning $165 a week… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I've got some things… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
There's just something about getting up, putting it out there, and getting this exchange of energy. Whether your audience is a camera… — Lauren Bowles Copy Share Image
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret;… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
My mum, in 2007, was invited by some Australian friends in London to a fringe theatre play reading of an unrehearsed, unproduced… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great stuff on television and that's very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
I have a company in the U.K., a performance-capture studio. We're looking to push the boundaries of performance-capture technology in film and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to nudge my way into writing something scripted - maybe for other people, maybe a play - and I… — Ivo Graham Copy Share Image
When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
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![“It was amazing how much their [Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] process seemed familiar to me, translating that into the work that I had done and giving actors a lot of freedom and doing a lot of improvisation and a total respect and collaboration with all the department heads and all…” quote by Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/seth-rogen-1831_actors_it-was-amazing-how-much-their-seth-rogen_571486.jpg)
![“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from…” quote by Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/kate-winslet-875_able_just-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that_2333637.jpg)
![“When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old. I had done French and German. I picked up Italian, just sort of blasted through the exams, [and then] took off overseas, because I wanted to be an actor. I thought, "I'm just not…” quote by Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/nick-offerman-2326_academic_when-i-first-went-to-university-i-was-do_2190392.png)
