Theatre Quotes · Page 230

I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school.

— Emilia Clarke

I don't get nervous on a stage; I don't get nervous in interviews. I don't get nervous.

— Eva Marie Saint

In a weird way, the drama behind the stage was sort of keeping 'Community' on people's minds.

— Jim Rash

For an actor to create a different look for every film is not easy.

— Arjun Kapoor

One scene is enough for a good actor to leave his mark in any film.

— Mukesh Tiwari

Viewed as drama, World War I is somewhat disappointing.

— D. W. Griffith

Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly written.”

— Oscar Wilde

Some people become so immersed an a show, they have an image that the actor is not too dissimilar, but fortunately I've…

— Robbie Kay

There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.

— Judd Apatow

I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the…

— Diane Kruger

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be…

— Elizabeth Strout

Whoever we love, she or he is always under the bright spotlight on our stage and anything else is just a decor…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I used to entertain myself - I taught myself to use stilts and juggle and ride a unicycle. But I was never…

— Tobias Segal

When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.

— Irrfan Khan

“When you snatch happiness in little bits, fits and starts, and lose it, like me, you become coarse, little by little, you…

— Sarah Ruhl

The way I view comedy clubs is, people are drinking, they're ordering food, they're out for the night, and there's also a…

— Mike Birbiglia

Having done film, TV and theatre, the nicest final bit of the jigsaw is to do live comedy, because you can talk…

— Jessie Cave

A couple of months ago I hauled my white ass on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas,…

— Lisa Marie Presley

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At…

— Rickie Lee Jones

You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time.…

— Sanford Meisner

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. How the comedy ever even started in my life was that moments…

— Romany Malco

I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called…

— Vanessa Bayer

You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I…

— Ewan McGregor

Ah, nuts. I'm an actor. I just do what comes naturally.

— Humphrey Bogart

I am an actor and fiction will always be my priority

— Sanaya Irani

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

— Marie Windsor

After studying theatre from National School of Drama, theatre became a passion, an ambition.

— Atul Kulkarni

Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity.

— Michael Gambon

[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools.

— Doug Stanhope

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the…

— David Morrissey

I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.

— Les Claypool

Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.

— Roger Moore

It will sound very cliched but when I was kid I always wanted to be singer and never an actor.

— Zareen Khan

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is my favorite movie, and it's why I wanted to be an actor.

— Adam Scott

My training was in theater, and I was asked to be a journalist.

— Mariette Hartley

I'm not one of those actors who lies about their age.

— Sara Ramirez

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

— Anthony Hopkins

The real drama of life is never centerstage. It's always in the wings.

— Fred Rogers

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

— Harvey Fierstein