Actor Quote by Glenn Ford

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

— Michael Caine

To perform on stage, you have to run through your paces till you are perfect. Despite the script and director, the actor makes or…

— Zeenat Aman

Sometimes you can just have a dialogue with an actor beforehand and shape the performance then, but other actors need more guidance on the…

— Sam Levinson

What I've found is that stage is very much a foundation of acting. It's where it all began and you're working with that repetition.

— Matthew Lewis

It is so rare as an actor to be allowed the chance to revisit a role and to go back to a character that…

— Tom Hiddleston

Actors come in, and they have their own take on things, and you have to adjust on the fly to make sure everything still…

— John Requa

Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.

— Dhanush

It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a great skill…

— Aneurin Barnard

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the…

— David Schwimmer

I'm not so bothered by the audition process anymore; in fact, I use it. It's a time for the actor to actually get to…

— William Sadler

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can…

— James Dean