Actors Quote by Minnie Maddern Fiske

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

— Sarah Bernhardt

Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of…

— Uta Hagen

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can…

— Christian Bale

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks -…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

An actor is a thinking person.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

— Martin Sheen

I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.

— James M. Barrie

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like…

— Rhys Ifans

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and he or…

— Jeff Daniels

It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you…

— Steven Knight

Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do.

— Jerzy Grotowski

The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and…

— Michael Chekhov