Theatre Quotes · Page 264

The tale of the actor struggling to make it is oft-told for a reason.

— Mike O'Malley

I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

— Olivier Martinez

I like being meticulous and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control.

— Robert Pattinson

I don't want to get on stage and just be another act.

— Shawn Mendes

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

— Jason Gann

My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.

— Judd Nelson

I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

— Eric Bana

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

— Jeff Daniels

I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it -…

— Jaleel White

The man who plays his part upon the theatre of life almost always maintains what may be called an artificial character.

— William Godwin

I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all,…

— Willie Aames

What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that…

— James Avery

I am a greedy actor, and it upsets me losing work I have wanted to do, but that is a motivator not…

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

As a singer-turned-actor, you will already have a fan base. However, if you don't do well in the movies, your career in…

— Ammy Virk

If my life hadn't itself been a modern adaptation of 'Les Atrides,' I probably would never have left the theatre.

— Isabelle Adjani

As an actor, you have to try to put it in your mind that you audition for a role, and then once…

— Madeleine Madden

There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do…

— Heavy D

As an actor, I've been all over the map, but since I've moved to Hollywood, people tend to cast me in these…

— Kevin Durand

“I try hard to give rhythm to the changes of pace in a film so that the directing is full of contrast:…

— Alain Resnais

There's something about getting onstage in a play where the actor tells the story, beginning, middle, and end, the way they want…

— Katie Lowes

“Generally, the lie is a denatured truth. Drama occurs when this truth is still non- existent for the majority of human beings,…

— Marieta Maglas

New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles…

— David S. Goyer

I think the sense of performance and theatre was in my blood very early - but my father was more involved in…

— Carol Drinkwater

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something…

— Christian Slater

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

— Joe Mantello

I enjoy working with Doon's talented, young actors and also get to learn from them.

— Himani Shivpuri

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

— Jeremy Irons

Acting comes naturally to me. I won't say 'easy' but 'naturally.'

— Arshad Warsi

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

— William Shatner

Actors don't have to be conscious all the time or up their game when it comes to fashion.

— Sanya Malhotra

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

— Amy Ryan

It's ideal as an actor to be able to command the language you're having to use.

— Emma D'Arcy

Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.

— Jason Priestley

But I refuse to believe that I am a better actor than myself.

— Jim Carrey

Ever since I became an actor, I wanted my film to release on Eid.

— Saqib Saleem

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldn't stand the theater geeks!

— Diane Neal

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

— Rod Taylor

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

— Sam Mendes

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

— Tony Harrison

I try to encourage actors to work harder off screen because that's where you find things.

— Denzel Washington