Theatre Quotes · Page 149

Actors should be writers. While a writer puts the story on paper, an actor puts it on screen.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I want to be a versatile actor and do different kinds of roles.

— Catherine Tresa

I want to continue working with actors who truly enjoy the process of acting.

— Choi Woo-shik

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

— Jonathan Demme

My mum put me into the Sylvia Young Theatre School aged four, and I'd go there at weekends.

— Ashley Walters

I know I am an actor and whatever I say people are going to get influenced by that.

— Ananya Panday

To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.

— Artie Lange

I'd love to do a musical one day - a theatre musical.

— Spike Jonze

There's a respect factor in filmmaking, like in sports, where certain things are kept in the locker room.

— Justin Lin

As an actor, you have to find reasons why your character made her decisions, and you have to empathise with her.

— Jodie Comer

I don't think I knew that much about camera placement and working with actors when we did 'Half Nelson.'

— Anna Boden

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I am not from a film family. I don't know much, but I definitely knew that if I want to be a…

— Ileana D'Cruz

I'm a director's actor, and I surrender myself to the vision and the process. I think nothing else matters then.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch…

— Darren Aronofsky

The emotions of the actors are better when they understand the chronological factors that are adding to the story.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in…

— Anonymous

Anarchy loves theatre. That's the whole point. People forget that. You have to laugh at the devil, not fight him. They'll always…

— Melvin Burgess

The strongest moments in my life are when I'm filming. It's an adventure. As an actor I try to seduce someone, try…

— Jean-Pierre Leaud

I'd like to be that chameleon. That's really ultimately what I want to hear from people eventually: 'I really love when I…

— David Gallagher

I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I…

— Nipsey Russell

I like to invest as a performer in the director's vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I'm doing,…

— Amy Seimetz

I earn a lot of money in England doing voice-overs, especially in documentaries. Turn on the Discovery Channel here, and you'll hear…

— Tim Pigott-Smith

To be able to actually sit in a theater and watch people get off on anything that I had a part in,…

— Marti Noxon

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

— Cyril Cusack

You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it.

— Jerry Stahl

Hopefully 'Mississippi Grind' will be good in the theater.

— Ryan Fleck

There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theatres to recall the sensation of rain.

— Jim Morrison

My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.

— Alan Alda

Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.

— Katherine Moennig

It's fun to explore areas that are taboo that you're not allowed to in real life as an actor.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

I don't miss acting. I don't even see movies. I don't see plays. I don't watch television.

— Charles Grodin

My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.

— Kate Fleetwood

I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.

— Tina Turner

Last person I thought was different, turned out to be a damn good actor.

— Elaine Kirby

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

— David Walton

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

— Danny Huston

It's a fun job, but actors are like vagabonds and must go where the work is.

— Daniel Dae Kim

No more games, no more drama. When you wanna be real gimme a holla.

— Cuts And Scars

I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.

— Natasha Tsakos