Theatre Quotes · Page 277

I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.

— Laura Harrier

I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do.

— Juliette Binoche

If you're an actor, you get your eyes put out; you get everything done to you.

— John Mortimer

Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.

— Richard Gere

'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

— John Hawkes

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting.

— Peter Sarsgaard

My goal was always to sell out theaters. When it happens you never expect it to be like it is, but you…

— Josh Blue

Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so…

— Andrea Bocelli

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character…

— Edward Norton

There's a certain expectation for an actor to be a blank slate, but I'm not. I know what I'm into.

— Sophie Thatcher

Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama.

— Michael Pena

All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story.…

— Syd Field

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.

— Beth Henley

I never went to drama school. It's a brilliant thing for the right type of person, but I threw myself in the…

— Callum Turner

If I were a star kid, I wouldn't have tried so many things. I would have done theatre and directly joined movies.…

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I kind of consider myself... I mean, I try to have my comedy be accessible, and if people are paying $30 to…

— Jim Gaffigan

I'm from San Diego. My parents weren't involved in theater, but my mother encouraged my interest in it. She bought me the…

— Casey Nicholaw

I, over the years, have always felt more comfortable if I could go into a projection room and look at a film…

— John Williams

Most of my training at graduate school was geared towards drama, so I feel good about it, and I can do it,…

— Andrea Anders

Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never…

— Alfred Hitchcock

I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to…

— Michael Snow

And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a…

— Tom Hanks

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.

— Casey Wilson

I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at…

— Tyler, The Creator

I did drama school in Delhi. I am glad I studied in a school where cultural activities were significant.

— Pankaj Kapur

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.

— Jimmy Smits

I always saw myself as a stage actress, and that was the reason I wanted to act, but very slowly, I've changed.

— Vanessa Kirby

I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm…

— Richard Jenkins

I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to…

— Morgan Freeman

Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line…

— Kenya Barris

Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid…

— Marlene Dietrich

Actors are a great subject for a comedy. They're inherently funny because, like sportsmen, they take themselves so seriously.

— Matt Berry

I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people…

— Anna Deavere Smith

I think it was a desire to be able to find my own voice. I think that was the big urge within…

— Simon McBurney

If there was no fame involved and very minimal money - which is the case for most actors - I'd still be…

— Mark Rylance

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that…

— Tyne Daly

I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as…

— Walter D. Asmus

I was quite young when I went to a drama workshop. I was around 9 or 10. I showed interest in it.…

— Luke Pasqualino

You will have to take up responsibility in multiple areas as a lead actor. Let's say, I don't have that capacity.

— Biju Menon

Well, it made perfect sense that I originally wanted to be an actor because every Sunday, we walked into church and we…

— Peter Hedges