--- title: "1 Stage Work Quotes By Charles Durning" description: "1 Stage Work quotes by Charles Durning. Plus more from Charles Durning and more Stage Work sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png" --- > [If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-stage-work/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png) ## More by Charles Durning > [Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/dancing-came-easy-for-me-acting-came-hard/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-d-like-to-have-a-decade-of-my-life-back-i-dropped-into-a-void-for/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/you-re-out-there-on-a-high-wire-without-a-net-and-that-s-the-way/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-was-born-looking-older-and-i-ve-been-aging-since-i-was-a-teenager/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-was-doing-judo-before-anybody-knew-it-existed-in-this-country/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/sometimes-you-succeed-and-sometimes-you-don-t/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [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 a closet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/acting-is-ephemeral-you-can-t-hang-it-on-a-wall-you-can-t-throw-it/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/of-course-i-m-not-often-the-top-dog-but-sometimes-it-s-better-not-to/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/there-s-no-nobility-with-war-it-s-tear-em-up-destruction-that-leaves/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/you-make-the-money-in-movies-and-tv-so-you-can-do-theater-i-do-a-play/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-would-rather-do-a-play-because-it-s-instantaneous-you-go-on-the/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-can-t-count-how-many-of-my-friends-are-in-the-cemetery-at-normandy/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I lack confidence as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-lack-confidence-as-an-actor/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-never-turned-down-anything-and-never-argued-with-any-producer-or/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) > [I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/i-think-i-ve-done-200-plays-and-125-movies-so-i-ve-been-very-lucky-to/) [Charles Durning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-durning/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage-work/charles-durning/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stage Work Quotes By Charles Durning", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Durning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-durning/if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-stage-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.” — Charles Durning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage-work/charles-durning/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage-work/charles-durning/", "name": "Stage Work Quotes by Charles Durning", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage-work/charles-durning/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/charles-durning-27973_stage_if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-only-sta_3024596.png" }, "description": "1 Stage Work quotes by Charles Durning. 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