“Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That's really who you are. I think that's why some artists have stage names, you know? I don't have a stage name, it's pretty much just me.” ThinkingKnowsArtistActorsNamesActingPiecesStageWho You AreTheatre Author:Clinton D. Powell
“Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch, or even a joke; have never worked in a theatre, taken an acting class, or published any extended piece of work. They are creative virgins; everything they know about theatre is book-learned and second-hand.” PeopleKnowsBookPlayHandsActingClassCreativeTakenPiecesWrittenJudgmentJokesTheatreVirginsSecond HandActing Classes Author:John Lahr
“I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.” NeedsWritingLittlesRealInterestActingPiecesComplicatedReal LifeThirst Author:Traci Lords
“Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways its a lot easier than acting because youre orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes youre trying to second-guess what people want.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsTryingDifferentSometimesStoriesActorsActingPiecesWrittenEasierDirectorsCompelled Author:Paddy Considine
“Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.” PeopleWantGivingImportantBigsOpportunityActingPiecesImportant ThingsCharityPuzzlesGiving Back Author:Ashley Greene
“The acting experience and the collaborating and creating the world, working on the piece, they're the same joys.” WorldJoyActingPiecesCreatingCollaborating Author:Keanu Reeves
“More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The New Father, it turns out, is an old story.” ChildrenHas BeensStoriesSeemsTurnsCultureFatherActingPiecesAdviceImportanceNew Father Author:David Blankenhorn
“My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino, my co-star, about how nervous I was because I didn't know how my mom would react. She said, 'Can I be completely honest with you? I've seen your mom in interviews, and she seems pretty screwed up. I don't think there's much you could do to shock a broad like that.' And from that moment on it was big nipples to the wind!” ThinkingKnowsFirstsSaidMomentsBigsSeemsStarsActingKnow HowPiecesHonestWindMomPerformancesMy MomActressesNakedNervousCinemaInterviewsShockThat MomentBroadsBiographiesShockingYour MomNudityScrewed UpNipples Author:Ashley Judd
“Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts.” ActorsImaginationActingPiecesImperfection Book:Henry V Source: Henry V
“It's much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project.” PersonsPlayGuyActingPiecesBehaviorProjectsHarderBarsBelovedCakeRottenBeloved Person Author:Bill Murray
“I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.” WayYearsFirstsLittlesDifferentEnoughKidsActionStuffVoiceActingComedyPiecesSeriousMy FriendsDramaticAccentsFirst LoveComedic Author:Sharlto Copley
“I make something I can look at and say, "That's a good piece of work, and there's some terrific directing and acting in it, and you should be proud of it."” ShouldLooksI CanActingPiecesProudBe ProudTerrific Author:Wes Craven
“Actors work with their look. I come from the Lon Chaney Sr. school of acting. I'll wear wigs, I'll wear nose pieces, I'll wear green contact lenses in my eyes. I'll do whatever I need to do to create a character.” NeedsLooksCharacterEyeSchoolActorsActingPiecesGreenContactNosesLensesWigsContact Lenses Author:Nicolas Cage
“I took to writing as my medicine to help me stay afloat in acting career journey. I wrote about me breaking hearts, and my heart being broken. I wrote about my views whether they were liberal or conservative. I wrote about everything. I wrote about my life. When I did not have paper coming in as green backs, I'd use random pieces of paper for stories. It was like, I got no money, but I have paper to write. So I wrote.” WritingHeartHelpingStoriesUseViewsActingCareersPiecesJourneyBrokenMy HeartPaperGreenMedicineConservativeHelp MeNo MoneyHeart BreakBeing Broken Author:Omari Hardwick
“The greatest piece of acting or music or sculpture or what-have-you always has its roots in the truth of human emotion.” HumansActingEmotionPiecesRootsSculptureHuman Emotions Book:Sanford Meisner on Acting Source: Sanford Meisner on Acting
“I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the UK. I'd been in the film Breaking and Entering - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to LA, during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing Gossip Girl, and I auditioned, and things came together.” MadeTogetherFilmGirlBitsActingPiecesMissingSeasonsDevelopingGossipPilotsEnteringBits And PiecesGossip GirlBreaking And Entering Author:Ed Westwick