Theatre Quotes · Page 345

[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something…

— Michael Fassbender

You start out as an artist in some way or other. And my background is all theater, and I goofed into doing…

— Brad Hall

Theatre is a mass art form and is not meant to be elite, only for people who can afford the price of…

— Stephen Schwartz

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society…

— Janet Suzman

I love to go to a regular movie theater, especially when the movie is a big crowd-pleaser. It's much better watching a…

— Steven Spielberg

I have done a lot of street theatre and plays and interacted with the public through radio and television.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in…

— Chris Weitz

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.

— Franz Grillparzer

I have done a lot of short dramas that are three, four or five episodes and so that makes the filming process…

— Ashley Walters

I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and…

— Channing Tatum

While we all want the U.N. to live up to its original intent and be the place where the world comes together…

— Richard Grenell

The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With…

— Adhir Kalyan

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to…

— Eleanor Tomlinson

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and…

— Matthew Lillard

The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging,…

— Kevin Chamberlin

If you're sixty-something, pushing 70, the chances of you getting a tremendously fascinating part in the movies are very low, as to…

— Brian Dennehy

But, my passion is acting and I want to follow it. I want to be an actor who inspires people and breaks…

— Harnaaz Sandhu

Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has started from the…

— Haley Reinhart

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

— Clarke Peters

I don't believe in overcooking the actors too much. Especially when it's a real performance that I'm looking for.

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Artificial intelligence is taking over a lot of things. Jobs are going to go but artists and theatre are not going anywhere…

— Puneet Issar

As an actor, you’ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident…

— Jessica Stroup

I was always into film, but theater was my entry point. I always felt like film didn't make sense to me, as…

— Patrick J. Adams

I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured…

— Martin Short

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

— Howard Barker

In Bollywood, the film's stakes are as high as the actor. In Hollywood, they are way above, and the day we realise…

— Ali Fazal

I took my first acting classes in Portland at Portland State University and the Portland Actors Conservatory.

— Karl Glusman

When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

— Linus Roache

I trained at RADA, then went into the theatre, but TV is like starting at the bottom again. I have just been…

— Sophie Rundle

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine…

— Will Kemp

I did drama at school and when I was doubling Xena, one time for my birthday mom and dad bought me an…

— Zoe Bell

I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law…

— Rebel Wilson

I am not playing on stage. I am living the situation. I cannot cut emotions and sing. I never save myself.

— Kristine Opolais

I've had the struggling actor experience. At one point in New York, I was holding four jobs, including bottle service girl, while…

— Teyonah Parris

For we direct, perform and witness performances every night – theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt.

— Declan Donnellan

When you're working as an actor when you're younger, or even when you're older, it's carney life. You go from one show…

— Emily Hampshire

I started dancing at age three and then got involved in musical theatre and acting around age seven. I think I've probably…

— Tiya Sircar

I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher…

— Sarah Waters

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to…

— Glenn Ford