“Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.” ThinkingWritingRealJobsTurnsActingCompanyInteriorsReal JobsDecoratingInterior Decorating Author:Ester Dean
“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.” DifferentWholeActorsChanceActingCompanyRolesComedyFocusStageHavensTypeTragedyIntentionGenreEtcJumpingReservationsDifferent GenresStage Actors Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.” FeelsShowsEyeActingCompanyMinutesFoolSceneCamerasEverydayBoundsSpendingEveryday LifeCensoring Author:Cesar Romero
“I'm not one of those people who's saying "I'm going to set up a production company", because I like acting and not having to be a business man and do that side of things.” PeopleMenSidesActingCompanyProductionsBusiness Man Author:Nicholas Hoult
“acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.” ActorsActingCompanyWild Ride Book:Then Again Source: Then Again
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can produce your own stuff. So that's when I set about forming my own company and getting creative control.” WantFeelsStuffMy OwnActingCompanyCreativePlansProduceSettlingGetting OldGetting OlderSettling Down Author:Denis Leary
“I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit.” WritingYearsFirstsLittlesBitsActingCompanyNew YorkCollegeLittle BitEightTheatreNineNine Years Author:Clark Gregg
“My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was actually working in theater at the time. I had a small role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is a huge prestigious theater company back in England. I honestly thought that was as good as it got.” FirstsWarActingCompanyRolesHugeFirst TimeHorseEnglandTheaterCamerasHonestlyRoyalPrestigiousSmall RolesWar Horse Author:Jeremy Irvine