Theatre Quotes · Page 402

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

— Richie Sambora

The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.

— Will Rogers

A lot of games and voiceover projects, they're not giving the actor a lot of context. The actor, no matter how good…

— Matthew Mercer

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was…

— Kirk Douglas

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

— Iain Glen

To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of…

— Pierce Brosnan

An actor's life is abnormal! It feels like I'm being watched all the time, whether I'm at a restaurant, gym, or anywhere.…

— Vijay Deverakonda

I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it…

— Malin Akerman

I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and…

— John Lithgow

There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep…

— George Clooney

My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and…

— Christopher Nolan

I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved…

— Rick Gonzalez

I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front…

— Chris Messina

I'm going to kind of take the ride and see how it goes. I'm open to doing all sorts of things. I…

— Josh Hutcherson

Growing up on Mad Men with so many incredible actors and then going on to other things with amazing people, I never…

— Kiernan Shipka

I am happy when I am on stage. I like that wave of blue. I like the eardrum splitting sounds of loud…

— Leeteuk

I always wanted to be an actor, so part of me is split between the artistic side and the physical side, but…

— Dave Legeno

If I wasn't an actor? Hmm, I'd probably be a serial killer. I'm just so damn likeable, no one would ever suspect…

— Zach Braff

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever…

— Jill Scott

It's really cool to have people that really like my work as an actor and really like my work as a musician.

— Chandler Riggs

The thrill of standing on the stage and hearing the crowd, it's the greatest feeling in the world. It's a blessed feeling.

— Dennis Edwards

Obviously, I'm a bit of a vaudeville act; I like to jump around the stage and do little silly bits, but as…

— CMAT

I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me.

— Denzel Washington

I want to be in a space where, if I appear on the stage or the screen, the audience should not know…

— Pratik Gandhi

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.

— Tom Baker

I have the confidence to stay in my acting career for a long time because I have done all the titles other…

— Joo Won

I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little…

— Steve Martin

Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that…

— Roger Rees

I don't think just because I work with big actors, I will become a big director. So I work with only actors…

— Ravi Babu

I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was…

— Sophia Bush

In 1987, when I was 19, I was studying musical theater at Boston's Emerson College. My sister, Tricia Leigh, told me about…

— Joely Fisher

It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.

— Ethan Coen

The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is…

— Kerry Bishe

Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene.

— Kurt Sutter

I never wanted to be a wrestler, I wanted to get into musical theater. I always wanted to be on Broadway.

— Tessa Blanchard

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that'd be…

— Robert Loggia

I went to a really small school, and it had a really small theater department. They didn't talk about Broadway. I learned…

— Annie Wersching

I hate the idea of massive fame. I think the scariest thing for an actor is when your name becomes bigger than…

— Vanessa Kirby

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

— Robert Duvall

If there's something you need to get done, don't make it a drama. It's much more enjoyable without it.

— Jon Mead