Theatre Quotes · Page 346

I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and…

— Colin Callender

Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and…

— Matthew Davis

In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.

— David Duchovny

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really…

— James MacArthur

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

There's something terribly solitary about working in movies and television, and in New York, so much of the theater is showcasing.

— Jeff Perry

I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some…

— Demond Wilson

It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now…

— George Washington Cable

For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want…

— Aneurin Barnard

I am going to bring a more eclectic group of actors and a more eclectic group of musicians from Mana to Santana…

— George Lopez

My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was…

— Ed Gass-Donnelly

I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind…

— Carrie Underwood

When I started doing television, I thought that I would change the way that I shot, the way that I blocked, and…

— Len Wiseman

I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago,…

— Steve Carell

Having an opportunity to play different characters, and work in different mediums, that's what's fun. The worst question you could be asked…

— Corey Stoll

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different…

— Domhnall Gleeson

“That's quite a performance you gave earlier [...] I'm sure the theater lost a fine actor when you chose to devote yourself…

— Ransom Riggs

I want to do drama - no one really sees that. People just think I'm the funny guy and I can't do…

— Mark Indelicato

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor…

— Anthony Hopkins

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an…

— Kerry Washington

As an actor, I look at scenes much differently than I would look at them as a director, and I never realized…

— Jensen Ackles

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

— Douglas Wood

Though films have established me as an actor, dance has given me an identity and a boost to my career, and I…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and…

— Michael Keaton

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

— Kate Winslet

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

— Ian Mckellen

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or…

— Peter Dinklage

When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it.

— William Kraft

I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are…

— Laura Benanti

I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and…

— Alfred Molina

As an actor, when you don't have a reference to pick from, you experiment, try out new things. And what comes of…

— Sidharth Malhotra

When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me…

— Zal Batmanglij

I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the…

— Matt Barr

At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

— Linus Roache

The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a…

— Graham Phillips

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.

— Lou Diamond Phillips

The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and…

— Jack Nicholson

I think every actor is looking for a challenge, and to play something different, and to be a part of a project…

— Hilary Duff