Theatre Quotes · Page 220

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

— Arthur Smith

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

— Prunella Scales

For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.

— Marnie Stern

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

— Donnie Yen

I want to be on the big stage. Broadway. I was there before.

— Joey Heatherton

[The original Sister Act] is running all over the world now, on-stage as a musical. It lives!

— Whoopi Goldberg

I'm a geeky actor, in the way that I like the craft of acting.

— Alan Tudyk

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

— Ben Daniels

There would be a lot less drama if people learned how to talk to each other instead of talking about each other.

— Anonymous

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.

— John Cameron Mitchell

When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then…

— Jim Parsons

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays…

— David Schwimmer

When you're on tour too much or on stage too much, you feel like you have to deliver and get this super-hyped…

— Dolores O'Riordan

I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is…

— Lake Bell

“If we really exist merely to fulfill God’s plan: then life is a television drama; with God being the scriptwriter, the director,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a…

— Michael Ealy

Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama, and…

— Tatiana Maslany

You know, the character of Isabelle in 'Love Crime' is the only character I feel the furthest from. I have nothing to…

— Ludivine Sagnier

You never have a consistent job as an actor, so you're always looking for the next thing. It's defined by the opportunities…

— Ruth Wilson

It is very linear storytelling, and I think that's not so much the fashion. I was watching a new drama the other…

— Rowan Atkinson

The stressful thing about being an actor is, like, you have to kind of audition again and again and again, you know?…

— Anthony Carrigan

Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you.…

— Abhishek Bachchan

Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have…

— Oprah Winfrey

I don't have a burning desire to act, strangely enough. I don't know that if I hadn't been an actor as a…

— Jodie Foster

I want to be doing smart, fun, complex characters like most actors want to do.

— Nicholas D'Agosto

I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend.

— Kathryn Hahn

I started out in theater and then I got a job on a soap in New York.

— Linden Ashby

I don't really consider myself an actor, and I don't know if I'm a comedian.

— Tom Green

When I was a child, I did singing and dancing and drama and impressions.

— Debra Stephenson

I'm the kind of performer who gets lost on stage. I can tap into this soulful haze.

— Kurt Vile

Boxing, for me, is all about drama and victory, and there is plenty more to come.

— Oleksandr Usyk

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.

— Edward Bond

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

— Cyril Cusack

I wanted to be an actor. Music was a side project.

— Kyle Gass

As an actor, I will work - whether it is in a Malayalam, Telugu or any film.

— Dino Morea

I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner.

— Laura Harrier

On stage, it's like an argument going on between four people. The argument is the art.

— John Waite

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

— Joanne Froggatt

For an actor, nothing can be more blissful than a packed date diary!

— Pratik Gandhi

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor.

— Seth Numrich