Theatre Quotes · Page 47

“Drama belongs in fiction.”

— Brian Bartlett

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

— Randeep Hooda

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Musical theatre is, for sure, my first love.

— Jordan Fisher

I'm an actor; I hire out.

— James Garner

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

— Christopher Walken

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.

— Sarah Silverman

I save the rage for the stage.

— Jimmy Smits

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.

— Noel Coward

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

— Ted Shackelford

I'm really lucky to work with such special actors.

— Lynne Ramsay

Being back on stage in New York, off-Broadway - I mean, that's an actor's dream.

— Joe Morton

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

— Tom Ellis

That stage in your friendship where you can insult them:)

— Ms_shy_fly

The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out.

— Liam Cunningham

I am a very blessed actor because I have always got the chance to portray various characters.

— Manini Mishra

The best thing my mum and dad did was to send me to the local youth theatre. I loved that; I felt…

— Nicola Walker

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go…

— Gale Harold

I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something…

— John C. Reilly

I did audition a lot. One's agent is keen to get you into film and TV because there's more money. I was…

— Mark Rylance

I was keen to become a dancer and was studying for it. Somehow, it did not work out and I joined theatre.…

— Supriya Pathak

Having trained in theatre, that is what I enjoy most as it gives the scope to grow as an artist with every…

— Rohini Hattangadi

I've accepted loads of criticism and sacrificed so much money to do what I wanted to do - which, in a very…

— Manoj Bajpayee

I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor.

— Britt Robertson

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At…

— Rickie Lee Jones

Having done film, TV and theatre, the nicest final bit of the jigsaw is to do live comedy, because you can talk…

— Jessie Cave

You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time.…

— Sanford Meisner

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a…

— Jessica Chastain

I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew…

— Tim Matheson

When I'm through with the Lee Greenwood Theatre, I won't do anything else in entertainment. Maybe I'll become an ambassador for the…

— Lee Greenwood

I think the key that differentiates the good actors from the mediocre ones that are still trying to come up, is that…

— Wesley Snipes

I'm sort of a reverse Method actor. In my personal life, I become my characters. After 'One Tree Hill', I started dressing…

— Ashley Rickards

I'd love to teach theatre arts.

— Enrico Colantoni

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

— Denzel Washington

I did not choose acting as a career.

— Raashi Khanna

I'm such a theater geek.

— Kiernan Shipka

I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.

— Steven Berkoff

I love going to the theatre.

— Marcelo

Nobody is a perfect actor.

— Paul Dano

“That’s the way Greek drama worked.”

— Josephine Angelini