I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the…

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read.

— Laura Vandervoort

I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the…

— Paolo Sorrentino

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.

— LaChanze

I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character.

— Sarita Choudhury

Even after coming to Mumbai in 1981, I did theatre for some time.

— Alok Nath

I've thought about doing theatre again for some time. My last stage play was back in 1999, when I was with Colin Firth in…

— David Morrissey

I'm old school, when I go on stage, I want every single person in that theatre to have the time of their life. I…

— Alan Carr

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

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

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

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

— Finty Williams

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

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

— David Harewood

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 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