Theatre Quotes · Page 181

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor.

— Shia LaBeouf

I'm a real theatre kid - that's all I ever wanted to be.

— Michelle Visage

I am not a trained actor. My real learning began on the sets.

— Ammy Virk

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

— Talcott Parsons

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

— Shirley Bassey

Actors improvise on the stage and enjoy interacting with audiences.

— Y. G. Mahendran

The stage and the live crowd taught me to think on my feet, to improvise.

— Jason McCoy

Even though I am an actor, by nature I am what you could call a homely girl.

— Divyanka Tripathi

As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot…

— Tommy Lee Jones

As soon as the director says action, an actor has to do the same work no matter if the screen is small…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends.

— Mark Strickson

There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in…

— Damian Lewis

Stage is all real; it's just as honest except it's bigger. I love stage, I love TV and film, so I think…

— Gabrielle Carteris

I was a little girl with a pot belly and Afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic, and I found the theater and I…

— Audra McDonald

I know the fact I've worked continuously since drama school means I fit a stereotype - the ingenue.

— Phoebe Fox

One of the gifts of being an actor is that you get to learn new things see the world through different eyes.

— Tanc Sade

I wiggle my shoulders, I shake my legs, I walk up and down the stage, I hop around on one foot. But…

— Elvis Presley

the audience is the controlling factor in the actor's life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict.…

— Agnes Repplier

I probably shouldn't do a straight drama. I'd probably ruin it. I don't know. But, I'd love the opportunity to try. I'm…

— Steve Pink

With any actor, rather than tips, I think when you enjoy working with somebody and you enjoy what they do, I think…

— Luke Goss

My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and…

— Kit Harington

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on…

— Jerome Lawrence

I think it's very honest to say that we value male actors over everybody else. We think their acting is more serious…

— E. R. Fightmaster

The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the…

— Chris Pine

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

— Nora Fatehi

Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

— Cheryl Richardson

I went to the University of Michigan and have a BFA in Musical Theatre.

— Helene Yorke

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

— Bertolt Brecht

I feel any actor can deliver a dialogue but real acting is how one reacts to the dialogue.

— Ammy Virk

I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.

— Ed Asner

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.

— Peter Capaldi

The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year.

— Amanda Hale

One of my favorite actors is Jack Lemmon. I would love to have a career like that.

— Josh Duhamel

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

— Laurie Metcalf

The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades

— Mark Twain

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

— Kirk Douglas

No matter how creatively satisfying theatre might be, it is a poorly-paid medium, which is sad.

— Himani Shivpuri

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing.

— Romany Malco

When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing.

— Antonio Banderas

“Replace the word "acting" with "doing," because even a clown is an excellent actor.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo