Theatre Quotes · Page 497

When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I…

— Jimmy O. Yang

You've got to be creative in acting business. But I need people to believe in me first. I've got to make my…

— Darren Shahlavi

Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their…

— Richard Donner

After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

As an actor, you know you can do so many things. What happens is when you do one thing well, everybody wants…

— Prachi Desai

I'm not surprised that some people never readjust and move on. But that's the trap. Because if you don't, you're dead. If…

— Joshua Jackson

That is the next step for out trans actors - to just be treated as actors and not 'trans actors.'

— Trace Lysette

I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also…

— Brit Marling

Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe…

— Bill Watterson

“This feeling of power, it's happiness to sit in a cottage by the Danube among six women who think I'm semi-idiot, and…

— Anonymous

I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping…

— J. G. Ballard

I am pretty sure that all young human beings have, at one time or another in their growing-up, been actors. They have…

— Tyne Daly

Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was Bent, which starred Ian McKellen.…

— Dawn French

Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafés full of customers, parks…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show.…

— Simon Callow

I don't know if anyone knows if they're ever any good, but I went to drama school in Scotland, in a classical…

— Sam Heughan

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky…

— Grey Damon

Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.

— Stephen Amell

You get to the stage when your almost looking down on yourself. When you get into that state, it’s the best state…

— Stirling Moss

I keep coming back to it, over and over - adultery and cheating. It's the most interesting problem in the theater. How…

— Mike Nichols

Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

— Jeremy Piven

I don't want to sound like too much of a drama queen! But I'm not going to tell you, 'Oh, it's just…

— Parker Posey

I am just an actor waiting to be cast, and it is really up to the filmmakers whether they want to cast…

— Arjun Mathur

Whenever any actress works with an actor again, more than once, people start linking their names.

— Prabhas

I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education.

— John Malkovich

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a…

— Beau Willimon

If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor.…

— Martin Freeman

When elections are not democratic, even the most populist discussions become superficial, disconnected from real power; they are theatre.

— Zephyr Teachout

I've dated some actors that you probably never want to go out with, but that's not because they're actors, but because we…

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

I am a known actor who wants to challenge himself in difficult roles. I am not a star but an actor, so…

— Manoj Bajpayee

I felt for a really long time, "When I grow up I want to be an actor." And now I'm like, "Oh,…

— Francois Arnaud

It sounds corny to say, but the theater is sacred; something transcendent can occur, and when it does, everyone grows. It's a…

— Val Kilmer

I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on…

— Woody Allen

I think Bill Finn's one of the geniuses of theatre, and James Lapine's one of the diamonds of my generation. The two…

— Mandy Patinkin

When I step outside and think of the caliber of actors I've had the privilege of working with, it just blows my…

— Diana Silvers

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much…

— Patrick Dempsey

The point of being a movie star is that people cast you in a role. Actors tie themselves in knots trying to…

— Romola Garai

Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll…

— Kate Ashfield