Theatre Quotes · Page 26

I'm not one who looks for the drama.

— T.J. Dillashaw

I'm such a theater geek.

— Kiernan Shipka

I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.

— Steven Berkoff

I love going to the theatre.

— Marcelo

Nobody is a perfect actor.

— Paul Dano

I did not choose acting as a career.

— Raashi Khanna

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

— Denzel Washington

I'd love to teach theatre arts.

— Enrico Colantoni

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

— Joe Manganiello

I hope viewers see me as an actor who always strives to try new characters and reinvent myself.

— Lee Je-hoon

I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.

— Billy Crudup

Given the choice between 'actor' and 'actress,' 'actor' is a non-gendered word that I use.

— Asia Kate Dillon

In the theater, as an actor, you're welcoming people into your house.

— Martha Plimpton

It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies.

— Paul Rust

The first time I went to see theatre, I was in it.

— Paterson Joseph

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

— Cate Blanchett

I'm an extraordinarily anxious person. I'm a typical actor: narcissistic and paranoid and all them things.

— Joe Gilgun

Film actors already have a public outreach, which helps political parties bridge the gap between them and the people.

— Nagma

It occurs to me that with all the television people watch, most of their acquaintances are actors.

— Arthur Miller

I loved comedy, but I never saw myself as a sitcom guy. I envisioned myself doing an hour drama or doing movies.

— Kevin Rahm

The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.

— Carne Ross

Some actors, they have to carry this macho, very masculine element to them, but it's difficult for me to understand that.

— Romain Duris

After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. In other words, you…

— Zeena Schreck

I don't think that there's much hiding that actors can do. If you're doing good work, you're showing a part of yourself…

— Kristen Stewart

I was 10, and I played Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island' at school, and this great Liverpudlian actor called Andrew Schofield -…

— Stephen Graham

Actors should be better poker players. But I think there's actual skill and crazy guts that you need to play poker -…

— Tom Everett Scott

Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only…

— Ian Mckellen

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor?…

— Malcolm McDowell

I've done a lot of dramas, and I've done a lot of serious stuff - some really heavy stuff... which I loved,…

— Ally Walker

You see, when I go on stage I perform with just a guitar and you have to have very strong material to…

— Chris de Burgh

There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool,…

— Ralph Macchio

I wrote a play that I directed and I was in, and I paid for the sets and the costumes and to…

— Hailey Gates

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

— Jack Nicholson

I'm better not operating at center stage.

— Philip Anschutz

The only thing I won't do is theater.

— Tim Roth

The theater is magical and addictive.

— Angela Lansbury

With Irish drama, things are told with humor.

— Rory O'Malley

You have to be crazy to do theater.

— Martin Landau

I'd always dabbled in acting.

— Nelsan Ellis

For actors, social media is a driving force.

— Shruti Haasan