Theatre Quotes · Page 81

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

— John Travolta

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

— Chris Noth

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.

— Craig Ferguson

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

— Jain

The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.

— Naomie Harris

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

— Gene Tierney

Where can I go that would give me the same level of satisfaction as an actor?

— Patrick Stewart

For actors, the idea is that you convince people you're someone you're not.

— Tom Bateman

When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.

— Luke Evans

Though my father guided me on how to act, unknowingly, she has been my teacher. The one actor who I look up…

— Rupali Ganguly

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters;…

— James May

My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every…

— Christopher Parker

As an actor, I do not come with preconceived notions. I am like clay that can be moulded or like a sponge…

— Tamannaah

It doesn't matter if it's a drama or a comedy, the need to get the emotion and the character arc across is…

— Colin Farrell

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just…

— Rhys Ifans

I think the two main tools actors have are the imagination of what other people have gone through, to connect with and…

— O. T. Fagbenle

I'd love to do a really juicy drama that's just really real. On the comedy side, I'd love to do something like…

— Daniela Bobadilla

Those titles, Executive Producer or actor, are unimportant. I always try to approach my role as an artist. The first thing you…

— Danny Glover

I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on…

— Kevin Spacey

The movies I've made at a certain time of my life were exactly right for the stage of my life, the frame…

— Christian Slater

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do…

— Kristen Bell

Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock film and probably one of my favourite films of all time. It's a film that I'm…

— Martin Scorsese

Actors have their own processes, and if you want to be respectful of their process, you've got to communicate with them in…

— Julie Plec

Coming at the acting business as a technician, I really enjoy the process of working. I really enjoy being in a rehearsal…

— Neil Patrick Harris

As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.

— LaChanze

As an actor, it's the hardest thing to try to get work.

— Leslie Grossman

I think I find it easier to live on the stage than in life,

— Mark Rylance

It's important that the director and actor have good chemistry, and not just the actors.

— Alia Bhatt

Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

— John Patrick Shanley

I always believed that I could be one of the greatest actors of my generation.

— Barry Keoghan

If you know exactly what your character knows, its a drama.

— Timur Bekmambetov

As actors we're always trying to use our creative imagination.

— Keith David

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

Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.

— Anonymous

When you lose your simplicity, you lose your drama.

— Andrew Wyeth

If a Girl said I hate drama there's a 99% that she is a huge drama queen

— Anonymous

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

— Liam Cunningham

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

— Tom Ellis