Theatre Quotes · Page 307

I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place…

— Olivia Cooke

You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of -…

— Jim Gaffigan

I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to…

— Kelly McGillis

A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle.

— Laila Robins

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a…

— Harvey Fierstein

If we talk about character actors they are always in demand. Actress like Aruna Irani will always be needed in a script.

— Sudha Chandran

I consider those actors who amaze me are somehow less attractive to me than those actors who move me.

— Robert Lansing

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in…

— Anonymous

Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone…

— Jack Lemmon

I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old…

— Matt Lucas

I don't ever want to be pigeonholed, especially being an actor of color. The goal is to get to where you get…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Look, when people came after me for doing 'Indecent Proposal' or 'Disclosure,' I thought, 'Ridiculous.' These people are trying to limit me…

— Demi Moore

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot…

— Daniel Radcliffe

The development process is not that simple... When I started working at Fox in '92, the company had decided that dramas were…

— Dana Walden

I like to do realistic films as well as sensible humourous subjects, just because I think these films are only capable to…

— Biju Menon

I'd been wanting to work with James McAvoy since I was in drama school. I suppose there are parallels in that we're…

— Emun Elliott

Statistically, it would be insanity to go into the theatre for money. According to the statistics, you should just stay home. The…

— Maureen Stapleton

I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor.

— Olivia Wilde

When I was sent the material for auditions for 'Dramaworld,' I didn't know much about the international fandom surrounding Korean dramas.

— Liv Hewson

I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was…

— Adan Canto

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

— Aprilynne Pike

Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed.

— Billy Bob Thornton

There's an alchemy that happens in my eyes when you mix it up, when you have a seasoned actor on set and…

— Sean Baker

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got…

— Eric McCormack

I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I…

— Roger Rees

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

— Vanessa Redgrave

It's funny how you can say performing is in the blood, and if I'm considered a performer being an actor, then it's…

— Kelvin Fletcher

Even if actors ask for more money, will producers fulfill their demands? They might just show us the door.

— Amruta Khanvilkar

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the…

— Tallulah Bankhead

I started doing musical theatre when I was six years old. It was all I ever wanted to do - my mother…

— Myha'la

I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not…

— DeForest Kelley

As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character…

— Hafthor Bjornsson

I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the…

— Tony Robinson

I would take a bed sheet and go to the cinema theatre, spread the sheet outside and lie there and 'listen' to…

— Samuthirakani

“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,…

— Val Holley

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that…

— Rita Ora

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles…

— Gregg Henry

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is…

— Tino Sehgal

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.

— Shelley Conn