Theatre Quotes · Page 87

Life is not an opera. Scenes belong on the stage.

— Loretta Chase

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

— David Leitch

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

— Michael Caine

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

— Robin Thicke

I know when an actor is giving it his/her all and when they're just phoning it in.

— Ricky Schroder

I love being able to do a bit of theatre, do a bit of telly, and do a bit of film.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

— Guy Pearce

I love the instantaneous nature of filming rather than the repetition of working in the theatre, but that maybe because I haven't…

— Emilia Fox

I've always loved the drama and the creating of a role and performance and all that comes with that, but I then…

— Nicole Kidman

Rehearsals polished me as an actor and thus, I always say that TV will always be a rehearsal for me.

— Sanjay Mishra

Between 18 and 26 I acted professionally, on the stage and a little bit on television. Acting is okay, but it's quite…

— Jane Campion

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much…

— Harry Lloyd

Let's just say I can never be cast again after Ron Swanson. Then I have a life of theater and woodworking and…

— Nick Offerman

I always wanted to do musical theater. That was where I saw my life going since I was a musical theater major…

— Kirstin Maldonado

This game is full of rejection. As an actor, you are being told 'No' an awful lot of the time. You have…

— Ashley Walters

I was pretty new to the Broadway world once I began working in it. I hadn't really grown up being too aware…

— Jennifer Damiano

It's schizophrenic -- that's how I describe it. It's all over the place, man. It's joy, it's happy, it's sad, it's everything.…

— Tyler Perry

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on…

— Robin Williams

I've always loved film more than theater, and film may be more closely related to making a record because you have that…

— Laura Dern

But I'd say recording and playing on stage are two completely different things. Being up there in front of all those people…

— Aaron Dessner

I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor. I'm not particularly fond of the…

— Melissa Leo

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in…

— Arsenio Hall

I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a…

— Eric Lange

I couldn't care if some theatre reviewer thinks my American accent sounds a bit Welsh.

— Joanna Page

When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

— Gustavo Dudamel

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

— Diane Paulus

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

— Rana Daggubati

There's only drama if you're still giving someone false hope. Remember that.

— Anonymous

I was a Shakespearean actor, and a well-paid one.

— Lorne Greene

I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.

— Dorothy McGuire

I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.

— Adam Carolla

For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.

— Anna Gunn

For me, it's important to continue doing good work and proving myself as an actor.

— Nikitin Dheer

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.

— George Santayana

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

— Christine Lahti

You get onto the stage; you can shout and express yourself. Your negative energy gets consumed.

— Jaideep Ahlawat

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes

There's nothing worse or more grating than a bad child actor performance.

— Ross Duffer

I am not considered to be extroverted - except on the stage.

— Bruno Ganz