Subject: Entertainment » Acting (Page 2)

She speaks five languages and can't act in any of them.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

Shouting in the evenings.

(1920 – 1987) English actor

It is disappointing to report that George Bernard Shaw appearing as George Bernard Shaw is sadly miscast in the part; satirists should be heard and not seen.

(1896 – 1955) American playwright

Kind of like the difference between making love and masturbation, I’d say.

(1946 – ) American actress & activist

People like to hear me say 'shit' in my gorgeous voice.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

I played an unsympathetic part… myself.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Orlando Bloom was so wooden he could have played the horse.

Irish film critic

All through the five acts of that Shakespearean tragedy he played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the Ace.

(1850 – 1895) American writer

The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.

(1933 – ) English actor

Golf is my real profession – show business pays my greens fees.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

It was reported that Guy Ritchie has cast his wife Madonna in a small walk-on role in his new movie, Revolver… Madonna will play the part of the woman who ruins the film.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

The last time I acted my name was so low on the program that I was getting orders for the printing.

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

A great actress, from the waist down.

(1848 – 1935) English actress

I used to work for a living, then I became an actor.

(1927 – ) English actor

If you really want to help the American theater darling, be an audience.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Shakespeare is so tiring; you never get a chance to sit down unless you’re a king.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Actress Claudette Colbert: I knew these lines backwards last night.

Coward: And that’s just the way you’re saying them this morning.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Acting: Farting about in disguise.

(1932 – 2013) Irish stage & film actor

I'm not an actor, and I enclose met press cuttings to prove it.

(1915 – 1999) American stage, film & television actor

To Raoul Walsh a tender love scene is burning down a whorehouse.

(1892 – 1978) Canadian-American film producer (Warner Brothers)