Theatre Quotes · Page 107

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

— Diane Neal

I love writing. It is the closest thing to me after being an actor.

— Deepti Naval

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

— Sharon Horgan

If you want to know something, ask and don't assume. That's how drama starts.

— Anonymous

It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.

— Soha Ali Khan

I don't feel like I need a break from the theater, ever.

— Katie Finneran

Whatever you do kid, always serve it with a little dressing.

— George M. Cohan

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.

— Henry Miller

When I first started acting, I never thought I'd be on TV or film. I always wanted to be on stage.

— Michael Socha

It's not an easy job, but the satisfaction an actor feels when he has done a good job and the money make…

— Lorne Greene

I did fringe theatre for so many years, and then I got my first play at the RSC, which was an amazing…

— Noma Dumezweni

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.

— Omari Hardwick

I'm lucky: I always wanted to be an actor. But I never felt the need to be in with the crowd. I…

— Luke Perry

'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced…

— Marc Platt

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

— Gary Kemp

I think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going to be committed to.…

— Nicole Kidman

I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge…

— Daniel Radcliffe

I love to act, so the only way I could act was through community theatre and they would just do musicals. My…

— Thomston

I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was…

— Jackie Shroff

Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a…

— Jerry Stiller

“Have you seen people in a theater looking at a movie, how different they are there? They cry; as something happens on…

— Osho

I particularly love theater, I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try…

— Malcolm McDowell

I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I…

— Tom Hardy

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

— Isabella Rossellini

If all the world's a stage and all the people players, who in bloody hell hired the director?

— Charles L. Grant

Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage.

— Larry David

My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing.

— Jonathan Krisel

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

— Barry Levinson

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

— John Hawkes

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

— Catherine Deneuve

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

— Lauren Worsham

I have no personal interest or gain from this , I am just an actor

— Sanaya Irani

I didn't want a big, dramatic wedding, but loads of drama happened anyway.

— Rupali Ganguly

One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick.

— Moss Hart

Every actor has the desire to do films, but I never had that approach.

— Kiku Sharda

The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.

— John Tiffany

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter, I think a lot of actors are. I still am.

— Kit Harington

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

— Harold MacMillan

I don't hesitate to do nudity as an actor if it's done well.

— John Lithgow