Actors Quote by James Purefoy

I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and…

— Hugh Jackman

I think what traditional studios probably don't understand is that it's a genuine advancement in the actor's tradition. And you know, the tradition and…

— Andy Serkis

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the…

— Christian Slater

In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who are very…

— Sam Claflin

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

— Marcello Mastroianni

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

— Jerry Weintraub

Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was…

— Bea Arthur

The British tradition, basically, is to go to the character. And the Hollywood tradition, shall we say, is basically to take the character to…

— John Hurt

I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were thought to…

— Annette Bening

There's an honourable tradition of British actors who've gone to Hollywood playing baddies. Part of that is because we grow up with Richard III…

— Mark Strong

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films…

— Tim Roth