Theatre Quotes · Page 221

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

— Bruce Campbell

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

— Donal Logue

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end.

— Nate

I've always been totally obsessed with theater - especially musicals.

— Beanie Feldstein

The monologue is an interesting space for an actor.

— Pratik Gandhi

I'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same.

— Penelope Mitchell

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

— Roger Stone

I think people who can do comedy well don't get enough credit. It can be harder than drama.

— Matt Walsh

I'm normally one to shy away from publicity and just being in the limelight a little bit, but I can't deny that…

— Paul Casey

My job as a double was always to put [actors] at ease. My job was to make my character, or the actress…

— Zoe Bell

I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show…

— Jesse Williams

But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings,…

— Elizabeth Meriwether

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I…

— Julian Dennison

Some people think of me as an actor and some as a movie star, so I sort of guess that makes me…

— Laurence Fishburne

A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I…

— Sasha Luss

I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.

— Steve Buscemi

I don't have any ambitions as an actor. I felt very uncomfortable doing it. The first take every day I'd open my…

— Evan Glodell

I used to work in a hotel kitchen at night and do theatre in the morning. After finishing my night shift -…

— Pankaj Tripathi

In terms of watching other directors, it's more like I go on set now, and I'm prepared, as an actor, and ready…

— Shiri Appleby

In the theater we're like blue-collar workers: It's a physical job, you don't make a lot of money, and you're on the…

— Randy Harrison

“A good actor,' said Sunay in a light theatrical tone, 'is a man who represents the sediment, the unexplored and unexplained powers…

— Orhan Pamuk

At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really…

— Matt McGorry

From playwrights I had never heard of and performance forms I had never seen to sculpture and painting, I gained immense experience…

— Naseeruddin Shah

“On the other hand, identification as a relationship of audience to performance disguised the arbitrarily constructed nature of the performance and encouraged…

— John Fiske

I never imagined that I would have a successful solo career, let alone one in musical theater.

— Dennis DeYoung

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

— Debra Wilson

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

— Tony Shalhoub

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

— Harold Prince

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

— Taraji P. Henson

I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'

— Arjun Kapoor

After 'Shamitabh,' I am aware of my strengths and limitations as an actor.

— Akshara Haasan

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

— Anonymous

Everything is not laden with potential for drama in life.

— Jim Jarmusch

On stage, my look should be the total opposite of my look offstage.

— Jennie

“What an amusing drama life is when one is not obliged to be one of the characters!”

— Robertson Davies

We need more theatres, more art and more culture in this country.

— Richard Briers

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

— David Duchovny

I care more about the directors that I get to work with as opposed to the actors.

— Lisa Haydon

Drama if I sing, drama if I dont sing. What do you do?

— Montserrat Caballe