I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.
All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA.
It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects.
I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.
If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.
I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
I have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.
I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.
Future belongs to those who live with hopes and dreams, act on those dreams and hopes until those are a reality.
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.
I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.
I grew up in Vancouver and my father drove me to every single one of my acting lessons, auditions, and jobs.
What this bill says is it reiterates again the deadline, and that the Senate should act before the deadline, and that's what the American people are expecting.
I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you can bare your emotions, it makes for better acting.
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.
