I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and…

I think I'd really enjoy doing some more theatre, because that's where I started off.

— Rachel Shenton

I wish I'd understood the realities of working in the commercial theatre. I went in with a lot of illusions. I thought it would…

— Stephen Schwartz

The theatre community is so powerful.

— Rory O'Malley

As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing…

— Zach Braff

I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to…

— Ashley Jensen

I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.

— Candice Patton

I really love theatre, as that is where I started out.

— Tom Wlaschiha

I realized after my first play that no one was going to offer me roles for theatre. So I started my own theatre company…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

My first professional job was with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I started out in an educational touring play and eventually starred on their stages. That…

— Colman Domingo

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in…

— Pete Townshend

My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in the hallways,…

— Michael Weston

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays

— Beth Henley

I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie' and 'Wizard…

— Michelle Williams

I was a bit odd as a kid, because there were so little outlets for me. There was no theatre except for the odd…

— Kim Cattrall

I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil...and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and…

— Gail O'Grady