Character Quote by Kunal Kapoor

I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels…

— Amanda Schull

Well, acting on stage is very different from acting on screen.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.

— John Cassavetes

It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more…

— Fredric March

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

— Shirley MacLaine

Your stage presence is as good as your screen presence.

— Dhanush

Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately.…

— Alfred Molina

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

Something I've always known about the screen is that if it's anything in the world, it's literal. It's so literal that there's a whole…

— Joan Didion

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about…

— Renee O'Connor

On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable.

— Tom Holland