There's no truth in acting, it's all a trick, because you go on stage in front of sets, you're on film -… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I loved movies growing up. I went to the movies with my uncle all the time. But being an actor? I didn't… — Christopher Abbott Copy Share Image
When you are in every scene of a movie - which I must say I really much prefer - you have more… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I look at some of the amazing actors that we celebrate today, who are leading their own shows and movies and writing… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing,… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
For me, making a lot of dramas on one side it's a different sort of challenge, and on the other, it's not… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
I've always loved theatre because it's so immediate. The challenge of it is that, career wise, it's easier to get traction in… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you're just going… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer,… — William Hurt Copy Share Image
An interesting difference between new and experienced stage managers is that the new stage manager thinks of running the show as the… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond… — Laura Osnes Copy Share Image
'I Was There Too' talks to people who played non-starring roles in big movies. That means the likes of comedian Jimmy Pardo,… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“What a lot of failed and mediocre actors do not realize, probably because it is ironic, is that the key to being… — Jack Freestone Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was… — Jenn Proske Copy Share Image
I was concerned about seeming too fragile. But after working with others, I realised everyone has their own unique set of challenges,… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
I wish I'd understood the realities of working in the commercial theatre. I went in with a lot of illusions. I thought… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
My job as an actor is to try to do what the director wants me to do. I'm going to do everything… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Film and television as a medium has only very recently begun to be taught at the great drama schools in the UK.… — James Callis Copy Share Image
A person who actually knows how to wear clothes...they would look good in any clothes. You see this especially at the Academy… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It wasn't anything that I thought I was going to be - a singer or an actor or anything like that. I… — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
I have two dream roles: One would be a biopic of someone I admire and respect and the other one would be… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
In a way, 'Lost,' or maybe TV in general, is a kind of a contract between the writers and the viewers. And… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I always love being an actor for the simple fact that, whenever you do a job, you have to read a lot… — Kieran Bew Copy Share Image
I did find it particularly difficult to do Broadway. It was not my favourite way to perform. When I do theatre, I… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
“It's like anything. It's like you're an actor, or a painter, or a writer. You've always got to entertain yourself first before… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I danced from the age of three, so I was always going to do something performance-related. I got into the Television Workshop… — Vicky McClure Copy Share Image
I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very… — Michael Imperioli Copy Share Image
For actors, we always feel like there shouldn't be any divide for anybody. The industry is the one that kind of creates… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I did go to a film school in Sarajevo. I studied film and theatre directing. There was a war raging in the… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
You've always got to have an imagination in the game we're in but it explodes on this. You get to try the… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first… — William Christopher Copy Share Image
