I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
You have to be super close to yourself, and comfortable with it being revealed, in order to be a good actor. — Aimee Lou Wood Copy Share Image
I would like to see fewer actors modeling, or if they're going to model to the extent that they are modeling, then… — Stephanie Seymour Copy Share Image
I think as an actor it's always a challenge to experiment and play something that you're not. What's the point if I… — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
The theatre has built a whole art round the actor, based on the man and his double - the actor and his… — Jean-Louis Barrault Copy Share Image
I think I first learned about Stonewall in Queer Theatre class at the University of Pittsburgh. It made me mad that queer… — Alaska Copy Share Image
When people go to the theater, people say they want something different, but what they really want is something the same with… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I just love the whole art form of acting, of being in front of a camera and playing different things. Not that… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
I live on a boat two months out of the year, and if I did not have that then I don't know… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Before my commercial career, I never played for more than an audience of 99 seats somewhere in downtown New York, but occasionally… — Paul Marcarelli Copy Share Image
I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else,… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I've played villains on stage - you know, the Iagos and so on - but I think of myself as a funny… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
I love doing theater. Despite the fact that out of theater, film, and TV, theater is the hardest thing to do. It's… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
Though I used to do a lot of stage shows in my childhood and college, but never thought that it would turn… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
I got cast in a school play and I fell in love with that. I felt comfortable on stage and found out… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. The search is clearly… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punchline in… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
We reinvent ourselves to solve a client's problem. It's more than just tweaking. It's rethinking what your audience wants and needs. Isn't… — Merrie Spaeth Copy Share Image
An actor is all I ever really wanted to be. But if I couldn't do that anymore... I'd open a book store. — Nick Searcy Copy Share Image
Chaos is the natural state, and theater tries to make sense of it, but it's got to be a little messy to… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I learn something new everyday about myself as an actor, my capabilities, how far I can stretch myself, throw out emotions I… — Sophie Turner Copy Share Image
I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
I do just want to be an actor. The thing I get out of it is actually doing the job and inhabiting… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.' — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to give the best human expression that I can to any particular genre, which could be comedy, could be… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
Some actors don a woman's role briefly during the course of a film but they make it a point to appear as… — Samuthirakani Copy Share Image
I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I… — John Logan Copy Share Image
I think I always found a lot of freedom getting to be other people. I think a lot of actors would say… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
You are the spokesman for your character, you put on his case. Are you going to win or lose? There'll be no… — Clive Swift Copy Share Image
Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England. — Mary, Queen of Scots Copy Share Image
You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak,… — Chita Rivera Copy Share Image
The best option that you can have as an actor is pure instinct and you should be able to protect your instinct.… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
I left everything I had to become an actor. So, I better be excited, or otherwise, there is no point in doing… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
