Theatre Quotes · Page 183

Every time my capability as an actor would be questioned, I would put in double the effort.

— Paresh Rawal

Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.

— Clark Gregg

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

— Marilyn Monroe

For an actor, that is the biggest achievement, to be known by your character name.

— Madalsa Sharma

I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone.

— Matthew Lewis

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.

— Chita Rivera

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

— Joan Rivers

At the end of it, as an actor it is important for me to not judge my characters.

— Arjun Mathur

My first part was in a film where I played a sadomasochist who killed people and created fun orgies. I'm a method…

— Javier Bardem

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

— Cate Blanchett

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous,…

— Kit Harington

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

— Kevin Bacon

As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to…

— Colton Dunn

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

— Ashley Tisdale

I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera,…

— Tatiana Maslany

Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are…

— Robin Williams

I started off as a theatre designer, and by some extraordinary circumstance I saw something in Stratford-upon-Avon, and realized that that's the…

— Judi Dench

In high school, the drama program shifted to musicals, and that's not a skill set I possess, so I let sports be…

— Charlie Weber

Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns.…

— Bion of Borysthenes

Realistically, looks offer an advantage to an actor. I'm going to work hard to maintain my skin. I'm going to prevent aging…

— Song Joong-ki

Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going…

— Danielle Panabaker

It's really neat to get inside someone else's head and be someone else for a little bit. I also love working with…

— Lucy Hale

I try to take B genre movies and treat them as if they're A dramas. Get the cinematographers, get the actors to…

— M. Night Shyamalan

What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work.

— Curtis Hanson

The truth is, if you're lucky enough to work, you're a lucky actor.

— Lindsay Price

Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.

— William H. Macy

Theatre is always going to be an important part of my life.

— Mandira Bedi

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

— Alan Jay Lerner

I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.

— Judge Reinhold

I fear drama more than films. The amount of work and exhaustion are incomparable.

— Gong Hyo-jin

If drama school was like doing a BA, coming to the Court was like an MA or a PhD.

— Lesley Sharp

I performed in plays like 'Ashwatthama' and 'Andha Yug.' It was hardcore theatre.

— Varun Sharma

I never plan to stop acting, I take it very seriously.

— Drake

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

— Patti Smith

I did everything - I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.

— Alex Trebek

An actor always wants to sink his teeth into something.

— Aden Young

I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.

— Essie Davis

Theatre especially in Hindi is not enough to help an artiste in earning a livelihood.

— Himani Shivpuri

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

— James Broughton