All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“There is an element of peace in believing that we’re only players on a stage, acting out stories directed by someone else.” — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
Stage acting is a very difficult thing - and I've learned a lot and have a long way to go. — Ralph Strangis Copy Share Image
I first started stage acting at the age of four when I joined a local Stagecoach group. — Bella Ramsey Copy Share Image
My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is… — Eli Wallach Copy Share Image
Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of… — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I have other careers in terms of stand-up, stage acting and writing, so I don't feel too hidebound by that, but I… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance,… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult… — Callan McAuliffe Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in 'Falling,' I got an agent, so it seemed… — Florence Pugh Copy Share Image
My mother, when I was doing stage acting in Chicago, would come to see any show that I was in. There was… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
I realized that a dancer's life is very short and I had so much of a creative energy in me that I… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must… — Clive Swift Copy Share Image
Stage acting lets you feel the character a little better, but in the movies, you have to keep regenerating your energy level… — Yvette Mimieux Copy Share Image
In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
In my career, I've had kind of a strange trajectory as an actor. I started out doing movies and theater and stuff,… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I do, it's… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities… — Erland Josephson Copy Share Image
