Theatre Quotes · Page 20

The theater should always be a safe space.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I am in a constant stage of development.

— Ridley Scott

Some actors retire, and some don't.

— David Jason

When I was 11, I said I wanted to be an actor.

— Cameron Britton

I'd like to be recognized as a versatile actor.

— Varun Sandesh

I am a big fan of musical theater.

— Josie Totah

We actors are an especially superstitious lot.

— Jeff Perry

Actors can't retire. What would they do?

— Larry Hagman

I learn on every set as an actor and a human being.

— Sunny Singh

People be causing drama in my life. Unnecessarily. Let me live my life...Damn.

— Anonymous

I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left.

— Lea Salonga

One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.

— John Lithgow

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

— James Earl Jones

I spend my jollity on stage, so there is less in my own life.

— Marcus Brigstocke

Part of the privilege of being an actor is the people you get to work with.

— Joel Edgerton

'Siya Ke Ram' being my very first fiction TV show, I've always wanted to do a role that challenges me as an…

— Kashmira Shah

In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of…

— David Ayer

I'd like to be a director who gives my actors complete freedom while collaborating with them to find performances.

— Tom Holland

I had decided to go to a theatre school for a dramatic training but after a few months, I dropped out. I…

— Lauren Ash

Some of the roles that are challenging are more in theater and TV. In movies, there's a tendency to cast actors in…

— Al Pacino

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

— James Garner

Actors are fighting at all time. The love you get is amazing. When you don't get it, it is the most excruciating…

— Parineeti Chopra

If I hadn't been an actor, I would have been a coach, and I would have been a good one. All teaching…

— Burt Reynolds

When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious…

— Tamara Tunie

One big power of an actor is knowing when to say no to something. It can be very tempting to say yes…

— Alex Lawther

I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There…

— Max von Sydow

First and foremost, I think it's just such an incredible gift as an actor when you're presented with a notion of essentially…

— Nicholas Galitzine

You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor…

— Kit Harington

Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep…

— Annabella Sciorra

“He quite certainly shouldn't care: and still he feels a hot sick bubbling in his gut, as if he'd drunk turned milk,…

— Alex Ankarr

I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you…

— Kunal Nayyar

I've always been entranced with theater.

— Mark Leyner

Both my parents are actors.

— Alice Eve

For me, acting is breathing.

— Jacob Elordi

I was dissatisfied just being an actor.

— Stanley Tucci

In stages, the impossible becomes possible.

— T. K. V. Desikachar

I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.

— Paulo Costanzo

I'd like to do more family dramas.

— Aaron Eckhart

Acting is wonderful. I love it.

— Van Heflin