Theatre Quotes · Page 262

I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important.

— Swara Bhaskar

When I have a bad show, I can't wait until I can get back on stage to forget about it.

— Kate Micucci

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.

— Andrea Riseborough

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.

— Erik Estrada

I take the stage as a man in his fifties and walk off the stage like a man in his twenties.

— James Young

As an actor I believe in doing all sorts of genres.

— Gautam Rode

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

— Ruben Studdard

I never thought I would be doing musical theatre.

— Renee Rapp

I'm kind of an introvert, so I really do have to get over some anxiety to get on stage and connect with…

— Sarah Cooper

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

— Colin Quinn

I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that,…

— Ezra Furman

Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and…

— Andrew Dominik

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

— Allison Mack

I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like…

— Queen Latifah

After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm a better…

— Jack Coleman

I think good storytelling continues to teach you how it unfolds. And so I don't think that film and stage are mutually…

— Terry Kinney

I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and…

— Mike Colter

It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you…

— Jason Bateman

I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career.…

— Christoph Waltz

If I audition for a job that I don't get, to be honest with you, I'd rather my friend get it. I…

— Ben Schnetzer

That's where the theatre of dreams is, over in L.A.; it's the land of opportunity for actors, and to go over there…

— Luke Pasqualino

When you're doing a play, you're onstage, there's no stopping or starting, there's no stopping to reposition for the camera or have…

— Aneurin Barnard

I really just try to focus on my job, which is to be an actor, and outside that, the cards fall where…

— Matt Bomer

How do you capture the drama of a Rembrandt painting in a movie? How do you feel that moment that they captured…

— Antoine Fuqua

An actors real job is going on lots of auditions! When you book the job that's the fun part!

— Chloe Noelle

The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor.

— David Mamet

I'd hardly seen any movies when I was 19 and left drama school.

— Eileen Atkins

I first started stage acting at the age of four when I joined a local Stagecoach group.

— Bella Ramsey

“All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately under-rehearsed.”

— Sean O'Casey

On stage is the only place where I really know what I'm doing.

— John Belushi

The actor in me always wants to link himself to a leader who's inspired.

— Chris Bauer

Hollywood has realised that we do have actors and are not just mad about song and dance.

— Ali Fazal

There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.

— Kevin Spacey

It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.

— Antony Sher

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

— Kyra Sedgwick

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

— Christopher Walken

Once you are on the set as an actor, you are detached for three or six months.

— Jackky Bhagnani

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

— John C. Reilly

To be free on stage, you need to have been disciplined.

— Sylvie Guillem