Theatre Quotes · Page 93

I can't work like a machine, unlike other TV actors.

— Vatsal Sheth

Not once in my life have I done theatre. Being on stage is not my thing.

— Barun Sobti

It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.

— Maddie Ziegler

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

— Mark Hamill

I always prefer a good script, be it a movie or drama script.

— Fala Chen

It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.

— John Gilpin

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

— Naga Chaitanya

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

— Shia LaBeouf

I was in theater when I was in elementary, middle school and high school. I didn't know it would be an actual…

— Katie Cassidy

I don't really believe that all theater needs to be filmed - for some things, the special part of live theater is…

— Marielle Heller

I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising,…

— Peter Hedges

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a…

— Brit Marling

Some things can be hidden on TV with the help of cameras but in theatre, you are seen live by the audience,…

— Rohini Hattangadi

Television is a different challenge; it is not a stage. But each opportunity that I have to learn I learn, and I…

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson

For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters…

— Ali Fazal

I would love to work on Broadway, but I don't know that it would manifest itself in musical theater… I have terrible…

— Scarlett Johansson

I would love to make lighter entertainments that have you sort of hopping and skipping and jumping out of the theater, but…

— Karyn Kusama

I've wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember, and I can say I was almost born in…

— Sienna Miller

In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater…

— Karen Allen

I began thinking I would do musical theater because in high school that was really the only sort of curriculum they had…

— Gretchen Mol

It's nice to fool around with clothes, and that comes from some recklessness. I suddenly feel like wearing a lungi and a…

— Vijay Deverakonda

I designed a theater magazine that was full of plays and essays about the theater, and then I worked at a theater…

— James Lapine

“The tremendous leisure industry that has arisen in the last few generations has been designed to help fill free time with enjoyable…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In fact, I became popular in Kerala after I took part in a reality dance show and despite making my foray into…

— Shamna Kasim

I watch a lot of live music, and I love the theatre, especially musicals.

— Alex Scott

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

— Daveigh Chase

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

— James Nesbitt

I used to watch a lot of musicals as a kid. Musical movies, not so much musical theater.

— Samuel Larsen

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.

— Johnny Vegas

My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor.

— Max Minghella

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

— Alexis Denisof

Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.

— Nicolas Cage

After 'Pink,' I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.

— Kirti Kulhari

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

— Marlon Brando

Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail.

— Ricky Gervais

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

— Constantin Stanislavski

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

— Anton Chekhov

I always wanted to be known as an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

— Ayushmann Khurrana