Theatre Quotes · Page 212

I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.

— Tahar Rahim

A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

As an actor, we are always greedy to do more and imagining different films.

— Tisca Chopra

The important talent is the talent to develop one's talent.

— Howard Stein

All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.

— Constantin Stanislavski

The objective for television, theatre or radio, is the same- to entertain.

— Sunil Grover

I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.

— Kathleen Quinlan

In terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas.

— Mia Kirshner

If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor…

— Melvin Helitzer

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright,…

— Miles Teller

I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a…

— Becki Newton

You get burned a lot as an actor. You give somebody, you give some guy real free reign and he just doesn't…

— Kurt Russell

I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film…

— Benjamin Bratt

It's fun to work on location because you get the look and feel of everything, but it's nice to be on a…

— Sarah Shahi

All my life, even as an actor, I felt like I was really trying to be dutiful, which sometimes got in my…

— Fala Chen

I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth…

— Jeff Baena

I always hated when the studios just kind of said that anybody can act. You look at people like Spencer Tracy, Henry…

— Bob Newhart

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and…

— Stanley Kubrick

I think drama in schools shouldn't be about, 'Let's put 'Annie' on this year' - not that there's anything wrong with that…

— Ruth Jones

When student-actors see people and the way they behave when together, see the color of the sky, hear the sounds in the…

— Viola Spolin

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try…

— Peter Sarsgaard

Being a fan of the business for years and wanting to be an actor for years, I knew, if ever the opportunity…

— Quinton Aaron

I knew it would be hard work, but that's the reason you're an actor. If you're a bricklayer, you don't want to…

— Casey Affleck

I just love the process of working with other actors. It's like jamming with a musician, except it takes a little more…

— John Cusack

“Even the world’s greatest actor cannot fake an erection.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was the first person in the family to be an actor.

— Pilou Asbaek

I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started.

— Laurence Fishburne

“Real love isn't about drama or heartbreak. Real love just is.”

— Susan Dennard

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

— Delta Goodrem

As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.

— Freddie Fox

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

— Desi Arnaz

I am a professional actor, and I am very careful about being sincere to the characters I play.

— Mammootty

That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.

— John Mahoney

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

— Amala Paul

For me its better to stay away from all the drama its not even worth my time or breath.

— Anonymous

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

— Franz Schubert

When you're young you have no worries, no drama, only your imagination. It's the best!

— Devon Werkheiser

In theater, the scenes I like the most are the ones where you are there and you cannot talk.

— Carice van Houten

It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.

— Aaron Tveit

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

— Jacki Weaver