Theatre Quotes · Page 205

Actors don't have to be linked in real life for the chemistry to be translated on screen.

— Kriti Sanon

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

— Todd Haynes

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

— Shane Filan

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

— Peter Gallagher

I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.

— Ellen McLaughlin

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

— Bryan Batt

If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.

— Michael Caine

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.

— Simon Beaufoy

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole…

— Alec Guinness

Whether that's positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

— Kevin Spacey

There are very few actors who elevate a scene through their persona. Like for example, Rajinikanth does it with his style. He…

— Vijay Deverakonda

In the creative arts you draw a special power. The discipline required is awesome to be an actor or an actress, to…

— Frederick Lenz

I spent a long time in London on the stage, and you knew exactly what you were going to be doing. You…

— Daniel Sharman

I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They…

— Alan Rickman

I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.

— Laura Fraser

It should be a firmly established part of the curriculum that children should visit theatres and concert halls.

— Philip Pullman

For thousands of years, most marriages were in Stage I--survival-focused. After World War II, marriages increasingly flirted with Stage II--a self-fulfillment focus...…

— Warren Farrell

Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how…

— Campbell Scott

I've been so grateful for writing, and writers and, actually I would say that that is the cornerstone of my career, the…

— Lesley Sharp

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of…

— Michael Moriarty

The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, "It's going to be my face up there on the…

— William H. Macy

I find it difficult to remember lines. When I'm doing a long speech for television, I sometimes have an earpiece with someone…

— Michael Gambon

You are upset because one of your actors got on the wrong lane doing something with the wrong people. And you want…

— Charles Manson

I've been called a funny person, for a long time. I don't know that I know anything about comedic acting. I'm not…

— John Cho

I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.

— Mahira Khan

I have worked with the best of actors and directors.

— Shefali Shah

I would loved to be called an actor, and not comedian.

— Kiku Sharda

I'm a huge fan of Michael Hirst, and I'm a huge fan of historical drama.

— Donal Logue

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

— Brad Dourif

I wasn't interested in novelty. I was looking for good drama.

— Tom Baker

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

— Richard O'Brien

I don't mean to be oily, but critics are very much part of the theatre.

— Diana Rigg

Where they do agree on the stage, their unanimity is wonderful.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

— Bette Davis

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

— Nana Patekar

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.

— Ranbir Kapoor

It's equally interesting and challenging to work on stage as much as movies.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

People who start drama or get involved in drama have no life.

— Anonymous

I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.

— Cate Blanchett

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

— Jason Ritter