Theatre Quotes · Page 40

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

— Alfred Hitchcock

You know, I come from an acting background.

— Kyle Gass

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

— Rutina Wesley

There can't be competition between actors.

— Pratik Gandhi

I'm not a very good actor.

— Anonymous

I don't really see myself as an actor.

— Youssou N'Dour

As an actor, I'd rather turn into Joffrey.

— Dean-Charles Chapman

I don't want to die on the stage.

— Wilson Pickett

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

— Paresh Rawal

That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.

— Michael B. Jordan

The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.

— Hugo Weaving

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

— Corin Nemec

When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.

— Asrani

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

— Alan Rickman

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

— Paloma Faith

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

— Joe Mantegna

I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention.

— Sharon Van Etten

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I got to a stage in my mid-20s where I was focusing on 'what's next, what's next,' and sometimes you don't enjoy…

— Alun Wyn Jones

Shah Rukh Khan started his career with television, and now he is a superstar. You can't generalise and say that TV actors…

— Karan Patel

I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It's more in the perception of the viewer than it is…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is…

— Ethan Hawke

It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much…

— Melissa Leo

I started dreaming about being an actor in Gwalior, and it feels amazing to shoot in my hometown.

— Kartik Aaryan

What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film…

— Daniel Dae Kim

I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself…

— Anonymous

You're in a movie, so you have to think about how something plays. It's not like you're thinking about how an audience…

— Julianne Moore

I just love the process of working with other actors. It's like jamming with a musician, except it takes a little more…

— John Cusack

Being a fan of the business for years and wanting to be an actor for years, I knew, if ever the opportunity…

— Quinton Aaron

I knew it would be hard work, but that's the reason you're an actor. If you're a bricklayer, you don't want to…

— Casey Affleck

Acting, when you don't want to do it or you disagree with everything, is almost like having sex with someone you don't…

— Sofia Helin

I want to diversify a bit. I don't wanna throw myself into another big blockbuster or another big franchise anytime soon. So…

— Emma Watson

No space should be safe from theatre.

— John Tiffany

I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

— Ingrid Bergman

I have to evolve as an actor.

— Gautam Rode

We earn quite a lot through stage shows.

— Rahul Vaidya

The actors I admire are character actors.

— Chaske Spencer

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

— James Lipton

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

— Tommy Wiseau

I always come back to acting.

— Bill Pullman