Theatre Quotes · Page 464

The mind is a kind of theater, where several perceptions successively make their appearence; pass, re-pass, glide away, and mingle in an…

— David Hume

New York is a great place to be as an unrepresented actor because there are so many 'open auditions' that you can…

— Catherine Mary Stewart

I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a…

— Dennis Quaid

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told…

— Liev Schreiber

I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

— Harold Prince

I think the need to go on stage speaks to some sort of a profound psychological deficit, but something that happened when…

— W. Kamau Bell

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

— Ryan Reynolds

I definitely am done with as much drama as I can be done with. I don't think it helps me with any…

— Farrah Abraham

My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is…

— Vince Vaughn

I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama…

— James Gunn

Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And…

— Michael Cunningham

I did community theater for a long time and never had an agent. And then I got an agent and I remember…

— Tabitha Brown

“I regard the theater as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share…

— Thornton Wilder

The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and…

— D'Angelo

We're lucky enough, especially in these 'Madagascar' films, to be working with some of the best people in the industry, who are…

— Eric Darnell

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not…

— Nivin Pauly

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right…

— Theodore Bikel

I think having healthy relationships makes me feel much more confident and available to do good work as an actor.

— Rose McIver

Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are…

— Yael Stone

Normally, I do magic on the stage. But I can make magic credible and resonate through a TV screen.

— David Copperfield

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

— Rebecca Hall

It's my livelihood, and while I'm doing my livelihood, I take it very seriously. But I don't wear being an actor like…

— Ken Wahl

“The best stage name is already taken . . . I have to come up with something else. . . . I…

— Lily Burana

As an actor, you're putting yourself out there when you perform. You're bound to experience feelings of vulnerability because of this.

— Mpho Koaho

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny.

— Robert Webb

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.

— Ellen Terry

My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness.

— Faith Prince

I love to think about and therefore talk about why people do what they do. That's kind of why I like being…

— Casey Affleck

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

— Dustin Clare

The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in…

— Omar Epps

Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's…

— Fred Willard

Frankly I don't listen to lyrics (a problem in that I apparently work in musical theatre) I just want a good tune…

— Christian Campbell

It was like a dream to me to suddenly get into the market with that kind of movie, like La Haine. It…

— Vincent Cassel

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and…

— Vinny Guadagnino

I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if…

— Michael Pitt

As an actor I feel I am responsible to tell an important story through the film I become part of, and 'Turtle'…

— Sanjay Mishra

To be working in the theater steadily and to be recognized and appreciated by the community means the world.

— Lily Rabe

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.

— Macaulay Culkin

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do for an actor, I am looking forward to the challenge.

— Varun Sandesh

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

— Morgan Freeman