Theatre Quotes · Page 146

There are a lot of good actors, and writers out there.

— Stephen Humphrey Bogart

I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well.

— Hector Elizondo

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

— Ron Perlman

Usually, I write my scripts first, then think of the actors, or I have a reference of someone.

— Karthik Subbaraj

You see all races in music, and in dance and theatre, so why can't we see it in fashion?

— Naomi Campbell

Thats the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

— Bruce Boxleitner

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

— Cyril Cusack

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself."

— Zach Anner

I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage.

— Tom Stoppard

My feeling is there's a lot of straight drama on television. My goal in life is to try to create something unexpected,…

— Noah Hawley

I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going…

— Missy Peregrym

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

In Hollywood, I was used to being on a dirty old sound stage, and the whole crew is just scratching themselves. They…

— Jim Nabors

It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much…

— Steven Knight

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in…

— Hayley Atwell

I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want…

— Oscar Isaac

But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are.…

— Bill Condon

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time,…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Being a stage performer for me, was - to be in front of people was just something that just came very naturally…

— Cherie Currie

No, I don't think I would call myself a theater kid necessarily, who just starts whooping out ballads and songs. I'm more…

— Jacob Elordi

When you're dealing with long-distance relationships, it's a relationship played out over technology. When you're in high school, it's because you're not…

— Julie Plec

Working with the actors, working with production designers, working with the creative people who surround the process is really fun, it's really…

— Marc Webb

I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once…

— Khalid

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting.…

— Robert Rodriguez

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

— Marlo Thomas

I grew up overseas in Indonesia, and my school had a great art, music, and theatre program.

— Angela Kinsey

As an actor, I love to play a good crying scene.

— Danielle Rose Russell

Though television is a smaller medium than the stage, you can't be afraid to be big.

— David Alan Basche

I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me.

— Michael Arden

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

— Nastassja Kinski

I may be an aspiring actor, but I am also a realist.

— Kubra Sait

No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.

— Anonymous

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.

— Nikki Sixx

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

— Bruce Robinson

It's nice to have people tell you they leave a movie theater without any problems.

— Fred MacMurray

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

— Shirley MacLaine

Somewhere in the '60s, actors became wimps and basket-case psychotics.

— Paul Morrissey

Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.

— Pam Gems

I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

— Denzel Washington

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

— Shanola Hampton