Once you walk off the set, if you're an actor, the rest isn't your responsibility, which I like a lot. I'm not… — Justin Kirk Copy Share Image
I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor -… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind… — Marin Ireland Copy Share Image
An actor cannot say no, it's against his job. If he wants the part he has to say yes. [But] it's very… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework and we put all of the components together, but there's always one… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
The stage I chose--a subject fair and free-- 'Tis yours--'tis mine--'tis public property. All common exhibitions open lie, For praise or censure,… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
The theater let me dramatize inner struggles, the push-pull between the inner life and the world, the various selves I presented according… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
More than a non-acting director, I think I notice when an actor is not believing in themselves. Chicago actors in particular, they… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
The reason it's important is that there was a point, earlier in my career, where I really worried that it wasn't possible… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I have a tradition of working with actors, over and over again. I've worked with Jason Bateman, over and over again. You… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
Theatre people, who are an adaptive species, know that to remain sane in the process of production where everyone and his uncle… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable… — Kevin James Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession -… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
More than one branch of the avant-garde, claiming to break with the bourgeois vision and mode of production, remains tied to it… — Patrice Pavis Copy Share Image
When you take this journey of becoming an actor, there are only destinations - one, where people give you that limelight and… — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
Every director should take an acting class. At least one. You know, you panic with actors. It's like, "Okay, this is back… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
Well, I'm always drawn to the drama first. A story is really only interesting to me, if you can remove all of… — Mike Flanagan Copy Share Image
With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished.… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I like it all. I love getting inside of people's heads and playing what drives people and what makes them do what… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
When I go on stage, the light goes on. When I get off, the light goes off and I leave that behind… — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Stars work because of familiarity. They fill theatres because audiences know who they are. There is a brand equity. But there are… — Ram Gopal Varma Copy Share Image
I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever… — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have taken film-work that has been a little more cliché-written, to support myself and my family, and that's a whole kind… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who likes to analyze things too much, so I trust what the writers are doing with… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you run into trouble as an actor when you're not working with someone who is collaborative or doesn't bring themselves to… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
I had the feeling I had to stay focused on what's lying under. A big part of the story in Toni Erdmann… — Maren Ade Copy Share Image
How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations,… — Christiaan Huygens Copy Share Image
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