Theatre Quotes · Page 445

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

— Arjun Rampal

I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast…

— Simon McBurney

At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater,…

— Diane Paulus

I don't know where my career is going to lead me. I would like my career to be as diverse as possible.…

— Graham Phillips

So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but…

— Henry Rollins

I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'

— Maxine Peake

I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret…

— James Arthur

We're blessed with, as we were on 'Harry Potter,' lead actors who are amazingly grounded people.

— Toby Jones

An effective lighting design is like a beautiful painting. Your medium is bringing someone to an emotional state he or she would…

— Glenn Cunningham

Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a…

— Russell Peters

It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such…

— Kaya Scodelario

Theatre has been a part of my life since before I can remember - my dad is also an actor and a…

— Seth Numrich

Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre - or theatricality - is the capacity, this human property…

— Augusto Boal

One of the the things she most liked about the city -apart from all its obvious attractions, the theatre, the galleries, the…

— Julia Gregson

Moved to New York, I started working with my manager who is mostly L.A.-based and she's mostly film and television, so I…

— Myha'la

The photographer discovers himself/herself being photographed and we can guess he is uncomfortable. Unsuccessfully he/she tries to recompose his posture and to…

— Subcomandante Marcos

Stage is the place of the playwright: you're guided by great actors and directors, but it's the playwright's word on the page…

— Abi Morgan

The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices.

— Gina McKee

You have to remember that actors are human beings. Which is hard sometimes because they look so much better than human beings.

— Tina Fey

I do my work as an actor, but another part of my work goes to the piece as a whole. I can…

— Richard Gere

“ARE YOU A MOVIE STAR? Prerequisite for Laziness: Creativity, award winning actor/actress, convincing speech”

— Kamil Ali

Music is always my great escape... I get to be that wild child and do whatever the hell I want on stage.

— Perry Farrell

I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium.

— James Corden

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my…

— Woody Allen

I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh.

— John Tiffany

When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not…

— Cedric Hardwicke

There is no longer any pressure to play the heroine. So I can have fun and be the actor I want to…

— Lara Dutta

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a…

— Britt Ekland

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

— Max Greenfield

I started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show.

— Sarah Silverman

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen…

— Nadine Labaki

There was a great ensemble in 'The Great Fire,' and it was great not having the same parade of actors.

— Perdita Weeks

I actually have a theater company called Strangemen & Co. I'm the artistic director and co-founder.

— Jason Ralph

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a…

— Sylvester Stallone

I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I…

— Vito Acconci

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

— Lindsay Duncan

I try to get to know the actors as much as I can. I feel like I'm friends with them for starters…

— Gus Van Sant

As actors, we don't shy away from saying, 'I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to meet girls.' Directors cannot…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic show, part rock concert, and part conjuring things.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I think, as a younger actor, you are more open to the experience. And to an extent, you want to go into…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor