Audience Quote by Gregory Doran

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be…

— John Francis Daley

Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.

— Dee Rees

We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the meaning of…

— Anika Noni Rose

No actors worth their salt get through a single performance without forgetting their lines and bumping into the furniture. It's one of the first…

— Rebecca Front

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to…

— William Monahan

Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I…

— Oren Peli

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

— William H. Macy

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand…

— Maureen O'Hara

A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me.…

— Lee Van Cleef

I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to…

— Mark Waters

I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it frustrating because…

— Romola Garai