Theatre Quotes · Page 195

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

— Jeremy Piven

I never wanted to be an actor. I just wanted to learn languages and travel and see the world.

— Udo Kier

“Backstage was chaos distilled into a very small space.”

— William Alexander

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

— Charlie Day

The main fun of being an actor is that you get to bounce around to a lot of different worlds.

— Gillian Jacobs

The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America.

— Lynn Nottage

I think there is a difference between being a celebrity and being an actor.

— Michelle Gomez

When you're a young actor, you take what comes your way.

— Divine

I think for most actors, there is a tremendous need to give back to the community at large and for me, giving…

— Jimmy Smits

As a child, I used to watch award functions, and would dream of going up to the stage and getting an award.

— Pulkit Samrat

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

— Arjun Rampal

I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and…

— Glenn Branca

I have always tried to work with first-time actors since my first movie. I always like to do movies with debutants.

— Fedor Bondarchuk

I don't know where my career is going to lead me. I would like my career to be as diverse as possible.…

— Graham Phillips

At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater,…

— Diane Paulus

I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast…

— Simon McBurney

You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set…

— Mira Nair

At the end of the day, if you're an actor, you want to act. And it's not something you can do in…

— Ari Graynor

“The whole world had become a stage, in which the props were continually shifting, four extras reprising the roles of twenty-four characters…

— Chris Campanioni

I'm shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren't…

— Heath Ledger

Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any…

— James Altucher

I left school my senior year to do a play at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Then while I was doing…

— Lee Pace

I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that,…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I wanted to start creating opportunities for actors out there that weren't so cut-and-dried... My ultimate goal with Outlier is to give…

— Michael B. Jordan

Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film.

— Langdon Winner

No, I do not want to be an actor. I am happy being a dancer.

— Shakti Mohan

My awkward stage extended well into high school.

— Rachelle Lefevre

I'm one of those actors who finds the part in the wardrobe.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I always had this concept of mobile theatre, to promote the learning of acting.

— Rajpal Yadav

When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.

— Jean-Louis Trintignant

An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves.

— Olivia

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.

— Janis Joplin

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

— John Ratzenberger

I'm doing music, and we both want to do some drama.

— Kel Mitchell

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

— Russell Hornsby

When you're an actor and there's no music, you have to sort of bring it all yourself.

— Meryl Streep

I want to try to help shift perceptions people may have of me as an actor.

— Bradley Walsh

Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.

— Cedric Hardwicke

I always like to give and present my actors in a different look.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

I love getting insight into what makes actors tick.

— Iliza Shlesinger