Acting Quote by Sam Shepard

The great thing about doing a play is you get this rehearsal period, which you don't get with most film and television roles.

— Charlie Cox

I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I…

— Eric Idle

Something like the alleyway scene, where it's like a mini one-act play and you run the whole 18 pages of it, it's so much…

— Dylan O'Brien

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go…

— Rhys Ifans

When you're doing a play, you're onstage, there's no stopping or starting, there's no stopping to reposition for the camera or have a check…

— Aneurin Barnard

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 lose myself in my performances so I wouldn't say that I ever act on stage. I don't find it to be an acting…

— Christina Aguilera

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse.…

— Erland Josephson

Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things…

— Christopher Walken

Stage acting is a very difficult thing - and I've learned a lot and have a long way to go.

— Ralph Strangis

I had been acting since I was a kid. I had done 35 plays in New York before 'Serious Man,' but you never know…

— Michael Stuhlbarg

The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That's…

— Meryl Streep