Theatre Quotes · Page 390

I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings.

— Jeff Goldblum

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but…

— Amanda Schull

It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

— Asghar Farhadi

I have a camp fascination with all things musical theatre - I've even got the box set of 'Britannia High.'

— Karla Crome

On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.

— Florence Welch

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

— Morris Chestnut

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my…

— Atom Egoyan

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I moved to New York to be a theater actor. It's what I studied and what I thought I wanted to do…

— Stephanie Beatriz

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was…

— Melissa Rauch

Like all actors, after every job, I think, 'Well, that's the last one, and I'd better think about doing something else.' But…

— June Whitfield

An actor gives voice to the many multitudes that we all contain. That's why we love the movies, why we love TV…

— Kristen Stewart

Comedy is way more difficult than drama. What I might find funny, the editor might not find funny. They might choose the…

— Neil Patrick Harris

If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good…

— Woodrow Wilson

My father built me a theatre behind the house where I could put on plays. Dear me, I'm making it sound a…

— James Ivory

I got into theatre kinda late by some standards, and I sorta fell into it. I had broken my ankle playing football,…

— Colin Donnell

It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only…

— Karl Urban

Some good talent was just hanging around and waiting for someone to spot them and TV gave them the spotlight. Actors got…

— Javed Jaffrey

I think playing a comic role is the toughest job for an actor; to put glycerin and cry is easy, but to…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

— Robert Redford

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can…

— Peter Hedges

Part of an actors job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how…

— David Zayas

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as…

— Matt Dillon

As an actor, I feel that my work makes me very vulnerable. I have to be emotionally available to serve the scene…

— Jacob Vargas

I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my…

— Madisen Beaty

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

— Gustav Mahler

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen…

— Alaina Huffman

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course…

— Cecily Strong

I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.

— Ryan Eggold

It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if…

— Jon Glaser

I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I…

— Zazie Beetz

I'd love to think that people in the future would gather in theatres, at conventions, and in darkened rooms, and read it…

— Neil Gaiman

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

— James Cromwell

A lot of things matter in comedy - the script, the lines, your timing, the co-actor's timing, how it's shot.

— Jitendra Kumar

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character…

— Zachary Levi

This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it…

— Robertson Davies

I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take…

— James Garner

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and…

— Niels Bohr

Actors are sensitive freaks, but it amazes me that it is something that I haven't improved on over the years.

— Katherine Waterston