Theatre Quotes · Page 172

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

— Alan Rickman

There is something about being on stage that's a release for me. It gets my mental energy out.

— Keith Flint

Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you.

— Kevin Spacey

Every actor thinks he's underused - unless he's a movie star.

— Gary Cole

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience.

— Jerry Herman

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

— Nicholas Hoult

It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.

— Edward Albee

When I'm on stage, I feel like a performer, for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures and…

— Carrie Underwood

Walk away from all the pointless drama and people who create it , surround yourself with people who make you laugh, happy…

— Nishan Panwar

People forgot I was an actor before gaining success in anchoring. That was one of the turning phases of my career.

— Mandira Bedi

If you're playing a cop in a modern film, you don't have to walk with your spine straight up and bow before…

— Donnie Yen

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I…

— Denzel Washington

My biggest pet peeve is when a girl says, "I'm not into drama." Why are you even mentioning it?! That's dramatic in…

— Chris D'Elia

That's an amazing gift as an actor - to be able to say I have an audience in so many countries in…

— Elisabeth Harnois

No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you're present on stage, it's going to feel like a theater.

— Shawn Mendes

When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform…

— David Jeremiah

My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is…

— Eli Wallach

Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively…

— Terry Bozzio

I think since I was in drama school, I wanted to direct in the theatre. When you are an actor, you just…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like…

— Louis C. K

It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very…

— Eric Stonestreet

We in Illumination Entertainment tend not to put ideas through a brand funnel. We've collected a group of people who share a…

— Christopher Meledandri

E.C. Segar, who created 'Thimble Theatre' and 'Popeye,' is one of my favorite cartoonists.

— Charles Forsman

By the mid-'80s, I was an actor. I was never super-famous, but I was definitely on the map.

— Dan Schneider

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

— Tony Harrison

It makes me really anxious. Being seen. Which sounds nuts, because I'm an actor.

— Greta Lee

I grew up on that stage. I learned almost everything I know there.

— Haley Pullos

I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.

— Eva Mendes

I come from 'black-box' theater, where basically, you make your own adventure out of nothing.

— Dan Fogler

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.

— Harrison Ford

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

— Jena Malone

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

— Henry Rollins

I don't believe I did anything earth shattering as an actor.

— Arbaaz Khan

A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.

— Tom Hooper

In the end, I'm an actor. I'm paid for what I bring to the screen.

— Eric Braeden

It's really important to prove yourself as a performer and as an actor.

— Sanya Malhotra

I've always wanted to do a big theater show in San Francisco.

— Bonobo

“In the movies, God is an actor just like everyone else.”

— Kris Kidd