Theatre Quotes · Page 18

You have a lot of disappointments as an actor.

— Tika Sumpter

I think all actors are professional liars.

— Sidharth Malhotra

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.

— Jodie Foster

I am an actor. I try to do different things.

— Tony Shalhoub

Parts win prizes, not actors.

— Alan Rickman

I wouldn't be the actor I am without New York.

— Timothee Chalamet

I was a music theater nerd in high school.

— Tessa Blanchard

I like to continue as a good actor.

— Biju Menon

All actors do what they do differently, and it doesn't matter.

— Christopher Walken

Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.

— Meg Cabot

I've never been one to shortchange the importance of actors.

— Warren Beatty

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

— Joely Fisher

I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

— Sara Rue

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

— Dino De Laurentiis

I know great actors whom nothing has ever happened for.

— Paul Bettany

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

— Kevin Kline

It was spring break, so the theater was always packed with high schools students. It was an animal house. I wanted to…

— Haruki Murakami

I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the…

— Vin Diesel

Very rarely in the life of an actor and a performer do you do something you truly believe in, do you do…

— John Kani

Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment.

— Olivia Holt

I'm never going to be the lead actor guy. I'm real quiet and real happy and real fortunate to keep working. It's…

— Michael Ironside

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own…

— Chris Lilley

Throughout my career, I've never really been a guy who created drama or wanted to deal with drama.

— Luol Deng

“I love it when you go to see something, and you enter as an individual, and you leave as a group. Because…

— Tom Hiddleston

Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from…

— Morgan Fairchild

Life as a performance is just a way to look at life choices as character choices. Every morning you choose what to…

— James Franco

The role of a comedian is to go in and make something funny. That might be a situation where I'm writing, a…

— Wyatt Cenac

I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft.…

— Denis Leary

I just felt like actors - I watched a lot of 'SNL,' and those guys just seemed like they were superheroes -…

— Max Greenfield

And Paul Moravec, not being a theater person, would always trust me when I said things that I am like, "you're going…

— Terry Teachout

For me, it was a wonderful surprise because I saw wonderful actors being very professional working in front of me [on Chicken…

— Vincent Paronnaud

I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me.…

— Cameron Mathison

Actors are responsible to the people we play.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

— Bill Nighy

I'm most at home on the stage.

— Alan Alda

Turn your melodrama into a mellow drama.

— Ram Dass

It was never my goal to be an actor.

— Rachel Hurd-Wood

I don't need drama to stand out.

— Bretman Rock

I started professionally acting in '80.

— Paul Raci

I'm not the nicest guy on stage.

— Tom Segura