Art Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are charmed by…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“What a lot of failed and mediocre actors do not realize, probably because it is ironic, is that the key to being a great…

— Jack Freestone

It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

— Amy Ryan

If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and…

— Paul Schrader

Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh…

— Oscar Wilde

There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones.

— Helen Hayes

There are not that many parts for actors who are not white - even less substantive ones.

— Cassandra Clare

Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.

— Al Pacino

The dilemma of refusing a role is faced by every actor at certain points in his/her life.

— Pratik Gandhi