Academy Quote by David Copperfield

If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find…

— Mekhi Phifer

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it…

— Salma Hayek

Bad people sometimes do good things, and good people do really bad things or do something the audience disagrees with.

— Taylor Sheridan

As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't…

— Denzel Washington

As an actor, if you decide that someone is bad... you can't play bad, because even the worst person doesn't think what they're doing…

— Jaime Murray

“...and remember, be good only if being bad ain’t more fun!”

— Jeaniene Frost

“An act that shall not be in my quality, shall not be in my character”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

When you're surrounded by brilliant actors, and teachers who challenge you to go beyond what you thought you were capable of, that's got to…

— Jessie Buckley

“It’s your action that reflects on the others’ reaction. If you expect good you are forced to be good.”

— Mohd Riyaz Ali

“There are always two sides to every story, Kelley. Something I learned playing Richard the Third and Macbeth: if you're playing the 'bad guy',…

— Lesley Livingston

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art…

— Anatole Broyard

“You don’t need anyone to show you how to be good, you’re so much better when you’re bad.”

— Jay Crownover