Theatre Quotes · Page 457

There's so many more failures than successes for actors. It's like a phobia, fear of cancellation.

— Rick Hoffman

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

— Arsenio Hall C

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my…

— Jeff Bridges

I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the 'Law and Order's.

— Pedro Pascal

I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

— Brendan Sexton III

I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.

— Jessica Raine

I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to do it so…

— Charlie Hunnam

I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.

— Danielle Brooks

Look, when people came after me for doing 'Indecent Proposal' or 'Disclosure,' I thought, 'Ridiculous.' These people are trying to limit me…

— Demi Moore

I like to do realistic films as well as sensible humourous subjects, just because I think these films are only capable to…

— Biju Menon

The development process is not that simple... When I started working at Fox in '92, the company had decided that dramas were…

— Dana Walden

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot…

— Daniel Radcliffe

I'd been wanting to work with James McAvoy since I was in drama school. I suppose there are parallels in that we're…

— Emun Elliott

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family.…

— Brian Blessed

Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work…

— Antonio Banderas

I prefer ensemble casts, but with games like 'Resident Evil 6,' where there's just so much dialogue and recording mo-cap, or with…

— Matthew Mercer

By the time I was on TV, I was 19, but I played a kid, and they treated us like kids, so…

— Dan Schneider

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works…

— Ed Asner

Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with…

— Sam Shepard

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theatre idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for…

— John Huston

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and…

— Randy Rainbow

After I saw 'Annie' on Broadway, I came out of the show crying, because I wanted to be on that stage.

— Noah Schnapp

Working with CGI is more like doing theater where your sort of imagining things. I didn't experience it as restrictive.

— James Frain

The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public…

— Thomas Campbell

There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross.

— Peter O'Toole

Apart from being an actor, I'm an academician. I wanted to pursue something with which I could bring about a change in…

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I dont want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything thats…

— Donald Faison

As an actor, you tend to get excited about scenes that are weighty or meaty because you get to shift gears in…

— Emma Corrin

The theatre, which is my most comfortable place, unfortunately it's very hard to make a living in.

— Kevin Conroy

I started acting when I was young, and I didn't go to drama school. It was always something that I did alongside…

— Bel Powley

It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast.

— John Gielgud

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

— Eric Clapton

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.

— Martin Freeman

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

— Miley Cyrus

Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.

— Norman Reedus

Never equate yourself with whatever success may be and how fleeting that is. The only thing you can do every day is…

— Jonathan Banks

After 'NewsRadio,' I did say to my agent, 'If I get another TV show, I'd want to do a drama.' Then I…

— Maura Tierney

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of…

— Rob Lowe

Talking about theater, actually, I built a little barn in upstate New York, and I call it 'the smallest theater in the…

— Philippe Petit