--- title: "12 Plays Did Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Plays Did quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Plays Did sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/christopher-guest-4803_actor_i-started-working-in-new-york-city-as-an_666232.jpg" --- > [I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/i-started-working-in-new-york-city-as-an-actor-and-did-many-plays-i/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/christopher-guest-4803_actor_i-started-working-in-new-york-city-as-an_666232.jpg) > [It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-brees/it-s-my-job-to-get-us-in-good-plays-or-more-importantly-out-of-bad-2/) [Drew Brees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-brees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/drew-brees-10288_bad_it-s-my-job-to-get-us-in-good-plays-or-m_1650737.jpg) > [One of the first plays I ever did was at the Royal Court Theatre in London; it was the first play I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zawe-ashton/one-of-the-first-plays-i-ever-did-was-at-the-royal-court-theatre-in/) [Zawe Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zawe-ashton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/zawe-ashton-6505_actor_one-of-the-first-plays-i-ever-did-was-at_122069.jpg) > [I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-got-really-into-writing-plays-i-did-that-for-years-and-years-and/) [Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/jake-m-johnson-19385_able_i-got-really-into-writing-plays-i-did-th_1797322.jpg) > [I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-james/i-was-in-the-school-plays-i-did-a-lot-of-music-i-carried-on-through/) [Theo James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/theo-james-25958_actor_i-was-in-the-school-plays-i-did-a-lot-of_2456706.png) > [At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-mcgregor/at-school-there-was-no-acting-to-be-had-other-than-school-plays-which/) [Ewan McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-mcgregor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/ewan-mcgregor-2364_acting_at-school-there-was-no-acting-to-be-had_353137.jpg) > [I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-parkinson/i-did-a-lot-of-serious-plays-and-i-did-the-oxford-review-as-well/) [Katherine Parkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-parkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/katherine-parkinson-38085_acting_i-did-a-lot-of-serious-plays-and-i-did-t_3174270.jpg) > [Both my sisters and I were in Stage Door plays, and we did that together, just in, like, little small plays together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-king/both-my-sisters-and-i-were-in-stage-door-plays-and-we-did-that/) [Joey King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/joey-king-32870_both_both-my-sisters-and-i-were-in-stage-door_3200592.jpg) > [Here's the most mysterious thing to me. I look back at those first plays I did and the first movies I did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/here-s-the-most-mysterious-thing-to-me-i-look-back-at-those-first/) [Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/mike-nichols-6630_about_here-s-the-most-mysterious-thing-to-me-i_1377539.png) > [When I was in college, I was an English major, but I was part of this great group at Stanford called the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/when-i-was-in-college-i-was-an-english-major-but-i-was-part-of-this/) [Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/sigourney-weaver-4349_bay-area_when-i-was-in-college-i-was-an-english-m_1108740.jpg) > [One of the things that I'd like to get back to that I did as a younger actor was to work on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gibson/one-of-the-things-that-i-d-like-to-get-back-to-that-i-did-as-a/) [Thomas Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/thomas-gibson-32259_actor_one-of-the-things-that-i-d-like-to-get-b_290572.png) > [I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-haysbert/i-played-a-little-basketball-but-basketball-interfered-with-theater/) [Dennis Haysbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-haysbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/dennis-haysbert-13483_actor_i-played-a-little-basketball-but-basketb_500884.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plays-did/#itemlist", "name": "Plays Did Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. 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