Acting Quote by Eva Mendes

I'm one of those lazy actors; I like to take what the playwright wrote and work with that.

— Cherry Jones

My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.

— John Mahoney

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

— Beth Henley

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

— John Boyega

My foundation in acting has been serious theatre: Albert Camus, Arthur Miller, Shakespeare. It's really the best medium to learn the craft.

— Rajesh Khattar

I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.

— John Malkovich

Ive had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

— John Boyega

I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

— Queen Latifah

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to…

— Sid Haig

A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.

— Sam Shepard

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create…

— John Guare

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

— Casey Wilson