Theatre Quotes · Page 105

Each time we go on stage, I want people to leave smiling.

— Uncle Kracker

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama.

— Michael Mosley

I feel there's a really raw quality in the Chicago theater community that's really special.

— KiKi Layne

Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty.

— Jerry Hall

I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

— Scott Adsit

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

— Christian Camargo

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

— Theodore Bikel

It's fun to have an over-the-top stage personality.

— Erika Jayne

It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.

— Omar Epps

As actors, our job is to step into other people's shoes, So our capacity for compassion is like, next level, and that's…

— Sian Clifford

While I have got to work with someone as experienced as Ajay Devgn sir in my first film, it is exciting to…

— Pranitha Subhash

I did stand-up for a long time and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage…

— Kevin Durand

There are so many dramatic actors where I would give all of my anything to have their careers, but I don't think…

— Channing Tatum

I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV…

— Michael Socha

I perform a role as per the requirements of the script. When it comes to work, I don't have any personal choice…

— Sriti Jha

Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into…

— Julius Charles Hare

I am interested in the non-dramatic moments in life. I'm not at all attracted to making films that are about drama. A…

— Jim Jarmusch

I'm one of those actors who's going to have to create a space for themselves. It's very easy to be the young…

— Wentworth Miller

Any story that gets us thinking, and particularly young people, thinking why? Whether it's as a result of reading the book, or…

— Michael Morpurgo

I've had the experience of seeing what makes life easier for an actor and for the crew, and what makes it feel…

— Eric Balfour

In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people…

— Lady Gregory

When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles.…

— Ben Chaplin

I look for characters that are fun and that I'm going to have fun playing. By the way, that's whether it's drama,…

— Dwayne Johnson

In the film industry you never really know if all the various ingredients will come together - sometimes they do, and sometimes…

— Mark Strong

As an actor I like to be challenged all the time.

— Atul Kulkarni

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

— Tony Harrison

I try to encourage actors to work harder off screen because that's where you find things.

— Denzel Washington

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

— Rod Taylor

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

— Sam Mendes

Jason Schwartzman's, like, one of my favorite actors, for sure.

— Johnny Simmons

I do not feel intimidated by actors or stars because I was never exposed to films widely.

— Andrea Jeremiah

It's ideal as an actor to be able to command the language you're having to use.

— Emma D'Arcy

Actors don't have to be conscious all the time or up their game when it comes to fashion.

— Sanya Malhotra

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

— Amy Ryan

Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.

— Jason Priestley

But I refuse to believe that I am a better actor than myself.

— Jim Carrey

Ever since I became an actor, I wanted my film to release on Eid.

— Saqib Saleem

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldn't stand the theater geeks!

— Diane Neal

I used to love doing plays, the energy on stage is unbelievable.

— Sargun Mehta

Someone called actors 'sculptors in snow.' Very apt. In the end, it's all nothing.

— Vincent Price