Theatre Quotes · Page 155

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time

— Richard Simmons

To break through language in order to touch life is to create or re-create the theater.

— Antonin Artaud

I've always considered myself a character actor.

— Jack Huston

Being on stage, telling jokes and telling stories is where I feel the most at home.

— John Bishop

“There's supposed to be drama. The dull stories never make it into the books.”

— Ellery Adams

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

— Chris Lowell

My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage.

— Diane Ladd

I don't want fame. I want to grow as an actor and a person while having my family and my life.

— Leighton Meester

Your stage persona is usually a version of yourself, to varying degrees. Some folks do a full-on character, so that's different. But…

— Ted Alexandro

It's lovely going to Oxford, it's very difficult to film there as you're doing a period drama in a city which is…

— Roger Allam

I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm…

— Rachael Taylor

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.'

— Maz Jobrani

As an actor, that's what you want. You want variety. I want to try things that I'm not used to and push…

— Mark Strong

I like to challenge myself. Whether that's on television or film or on stage, that's what I'm going to go for.

— Cobie Smulders

As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually…

— Colm Meaney

I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an…

— Nina Conti

Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see…

— Luke Hemsworth

It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not…

— Anonymous

Often, people ask if it's different doing live-action and voice-over, but the only thing that's different, really, is that we're in a…

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident…

— Rob Paulsen

Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for…

— Carol Burnett

Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actor…

— Keith Olbermann

“Fuck it; put it in a bucket, and take it to the stage!”

— George Clinton

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

— Mithun Chakraborty

I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.

— Neeraj Kabi

Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.

— Christopher Lambert

I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.

— Gareth Gates

For the longest time people just assumed I would be in theatre.

— Lauren Ridloff

Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.

— David Farr

When I'm finished with politics, I'll have a richer life. I'd like to go to the theatre.

— Nigel Farage

I don't want to just do any acting role that comes just for the sake of getting in a film.

— Jay Sean

“Theater cannot include only people. What acts on stage is matter.”

— Gaetano Pesche

Through the auditions and the process of 'Sonali Cable,' I realised that I want to be an actor.

— Rhea Chakraborty

You don't step on stage to eat; you go there to be eaten.

— Tom Hardy

Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance.

— Shirley Booth

Ive had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

— John Boyega

Dont have time for miserable people and unnecessary drama.

— Anonymous

I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

— Orlando Bloom