Theatre Quotes · Page 175

I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.

— Lady Gaga

As an actor, I don't believe I am working my full potential in television.

— Mohnish Bahl

As an actor, you look at some people and know if they're there with you or not.

— Finn Wittrock

It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much.

— Miranda Otto

I got to a stage where tennis was the only thing in my life, and I didn't like that.

— Luke Mitchell

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

— John Gielgud

An actor with too much money will usually find a way to get rid of it.

— Al Pacino

I'm a huge movie buff, so I'm a fan of a lot of actors and actresses.

— Jared Gilman

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

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

— Gary Kemp

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

— Marc Platt

Very rarely do actors, even with features, get to live with a part for that long and really dig into it.

— Scott Glenn

For me as an actor because I've been at it so long, it becomes much harder to watch movies because you really…

— Gabriel Mann

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him.…

— Sam Waterston

I'm committed to jumping into roles, worlds, and stories that historically actors who look like me have been left out of.

— KiKi Layne

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

What I’ve learned along the way is that existence is cosmic theatre, but paradoxically, we should play our roles to the absolute…

— Tom Robbins

You've gotta play the Hollywood game, and you know you're doing good the more notoriety you're getting, and that's gold. That's what…

— Jeremy Luke

I fell in love with the classical crossover genre when I was on AGT. I found out that I could use the…

— Barbara Padilla

I decided to do theatre intensely. I joined Makarand Deshpande's group Ansh. He became my guru. That's where I met Anurag Kashyap…

— Abhimanyu Singh

My dream really is just to keep working in film and in theatre.

— Alex Lawther

Giving kids the chance to see live theatre should not just be free, it should be compulsory.

— David Harewood

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

— Famke Janssen

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.

— Paul Rudd

I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey.

— Michael Gough

I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?

— Natalie Dormer

I did three years training for stage in drama school.

— Elliot Knight

“If you want to be an actor, don’t. If you need to be an actor, do.”

— Derek Jacobi

It's been interesting even thinking of myself as an 'actor' in a professional sense.

— Evan Mock

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

— Grant Heslov

I had no performance skills whatsoever, I never did drama at school.

— Chris McCausland

Most actors love to get to the point where they're not auditioning.

— Rockmond Dunbar

If a girl says, 'I hate drama,' there is a 99% chance she is a huge drama queen.

— Anonymous

The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room.

— Jonathan Frid

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

— Sanjay Dutt

My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.

— Adrien Brody