I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for…

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that

— Imelda Staunton

I think the writer's quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who,…

— Alan Bennett

I came to theatre as a teenager by going to the National Theatre when it was at the Old Vic and sitting on padded…

— Roger Allam

I'm at the National Theatre School, which is like the Juilliard of Canada.

— Jake Epstein

I had done some acting at school, but I wasn't particularly good at it. What inspired me was going to the Old Vic in…

— Roger Allam

“Sport, as I have discovered, fosters international hostility and leads the audience, no doubt from boredom, to assault and do grievous bodily harm while…

— John Mortimer

And people are so het up about the fact I'm in the theatre - it's like, 'Ooh these telly names, can they be any…

— Joanna Page

I spent most of my teenage years in the National Theatre.

— Finty Williams

My experience with the National Theatre in Kracow often involved many changes of storyline and character. This was particularly useful when working with a…

— Joanna Kulig

My mother would strike me off if I didn't say theatre was incredibly important, and when you see something like 'Network' at the National…

— Finty Williams

I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The…

— Helen McCrory

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the…

— Anthony Hopkins

I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

— Robert Emms

Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.

— David Harewood

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at…

— Brenda Blethyn