Theatre Quotes · Page 83

If you are changing yourself with every film, you will be exhausted as an actor.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

— Rene Marie

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

— Jason Robards

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

— Mae West

I spent two years trying to get into drama school.

— Rege-Jean Page

I'm the kind of actor who truly believes that every play is a company play.

— Jason Butler Harner

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

— Colin Morgan

One day, I would like to be a part of a stage production, preferably a musical.

— Alia Bhatt

I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which…

— T. J. Thyne

I don't have stage or camera fright but there is a little anxiety while performing in-front of a lot of people.

— Daisy Shah

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

— Glenn Close

Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity…

— Jenna Fischer

“Death is a monster that chases the rapt spectator from the theater before the play he is watching with infinite interest has…

— Giacomo Casanova

It's weird being with actors in a room and knowing, 'Only two of us are going to get these roles.'

— Kiana Madeira

Publicity is very important for any actor, especially when you are new, and people need to know you.

— Shweta Tripathi

I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to…

— Pierce Brosnan

What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it…

— William H. Macy

When I would be on the stage singing, I would see a movie of something that happened, I would be telling the…

— Linda Ronstadt

As as an actor, you have to be able to relate with the character and be able to create those little thing…

— Sanjay Mishra

What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball…

— Robert Knepper

Reading is how I became an actor because I didn't grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film…

— Mary Steenburgen

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV…

— Sylvester McCoy

I’d like to be the kind of actor who is remembered for my character. You know how there are cases where even…

— Jung So-min

When you work with an actor, it's cool because they know what it's like to be directed themselves. Jodie directed a scene…

— Laura Prepon

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

— Kevin Costner

I had tried out for theatre school and didn't get it four times.

— Alicia Vikander

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

— Ron Livingston

After a theatre run, it took me a long time to start drinking again during the day.

— Anonymous

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

— Rebecca Hall

I know what it's like to be brought up by actors and writers.

— Abi Morgan

The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful.

— Peter Brook

I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.

— Marcello Mastroianni

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

— Michelle Visage

There are so many good actors who just keep waiting for good opportunities.

— Vikram Bhatt

Contrary to popular belief, actors are extremely supportive of each other.

— Prunella Scales

The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there...

— Simon McBurney

Actors too need directors who can fire their imagination. The fire needs to be stoked.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

— Quentin Tarantino

I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.

— Arthur Darvill

Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.

— Randy Rainbow