Acting Quote by Denis Lawson

I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to…

— Caitriona Balfe

Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from…

— Christopher Nolan

I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater.…

— Ioan Gruffudd

I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.

— James Nesbitt

I'd always wanted to do costume drama, but period dramas often become very wooden. Just because they're born in the 1400s, all of a…

— Jodie Comer

I hate period films - and there are plenty of them - where they say, "Let's not do contemporary language because the audience won't…

— Mike Leigh

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

That, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they…

— Florence Pugh

It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that kind of…

— Cary Fukunaga

I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Period dramas have their own challenges. One must work hard to ensure that you don't just embrace the character you are playing, you also…

— Mohit Raina

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes