Theatre Quotes · Page 263

I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.

— Arjun Kapoor

When I was a very young actor, I made a wise move. I invested in the stock market.

— Van Heflin

I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I studied theater at UCLA and wrote plays during my time there.

— Mikey Day

There is a certain amount of freshness and credibility that new actors bring to any movie.

— Ravi Babu

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

— Casey Wilson

There's nothing more terrifying than an actor who comes with an idea.

— Lance Henriksen

In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

— Tristan Bernard

In theater, one of the biggest problems when you're rehearsing comedy over and over again is that you stop laughing at each…

— Lauren Ashley Carter

Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own…

— Scarlett Johansson

“Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.”

— P. G. Wodehouse

When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those…

— Peter Facinelli

I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft…

— Neeraj Kabi

You've got a degree in philosophy; so you think you're cleverer than me. But I'm not just some drama queen. Cause it's…

— Amy Winehouse

There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and…

— Keeley Hawes

I didn't want to be a comedian. I was just funny. I jumped on stage and found out I was good at…

— Eddie Griffin

When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them…

— John Lasseter

[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they…

— Kevin Spacey

Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above…

— Eddie Murphy

As an actor, it made me realize a really important lesson. I didn't have to put any spin on the ball as…

— Julie Benz

My fear of drama school is that the natural extraordinary but eccentric talent sometimes can't find its place in a drama school.…

— Helen Mirren

What motivates every other decision artistically or technically is the acting. This is what motivates everything. Never can a camera move be…

— Xavier Dolan

Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes],…

— Andy Serkis

I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and…

— Cliff Martinez

“I'm not that good of an actor to fake something like that.”

— Dana Burkey

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.

— Israel Horovitz

I trained in theater. And I started in theater with my first two jobs doing stage plays.

— Kit Harington

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

— Bradley Cooper

A lot of us go back into theater because you learn so much on the journey.

— Michael O'Keefe

No matter how far you go.. drama is gone always be knocking at your door.

— Ayse West

I wear what I want to wear and appear on stage as myself.

— Ezra Furman

I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.

— Gerard Depardieu

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

— Alec Guinness

The studio is just a labor. Getting on stage is the reward.

— Cliff Burton

I have a lot of friends that are actors, and I'm blessed to even have a job.

— Josh Segarra

It is very exciting to be in a period drama like 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897.'

— Mohit Raina

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms.

— Thornton Wilder

It's wonderful to work with actors we haven't worked with before.

— Lisa Joy

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

— Dennis Quaid

A film becomes hit with the equal participation of every actors and crew members.

— Govinda