Theatre Quotes · Page 13

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

— Constance Marie

You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked…

— Paul Guilfoyle

I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a…

— Michael Ealy

We make movies to be watched in theatres. Online streaming is more of a bonus, to revisit the film.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

As an actor, I'm limited to re-in acting someone else's vision or portraying a fictitious character.

— Denzel Whitaker

Chess and theatre often lead to madness.

— Fernando Arrabal

I think it is very important for all actors to complete their studies side by side.

— Hansika Motwani

I mean, I do believe that when you walk on the stage, or onto the screen, that's your character - not you.…

— Cody Horn

There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like, 'I can do this with my life' kind of…

— Rosemarie DeWitt

I made the decision to go on to college and major in drama and see where it would take me.

— Chandra Wilson

I think there are a lot of actors who act because they have an impulse to do it and they can't ignore…

— Kristen Stewart

“I have absolutely no histrionic talent, none at all, a constitutional handicap in almost all undertakings of life;but then, after all, plenty…

— Anthony Powell

I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're…

— Amy Poehler

I had always enjoyed playing characters and dressing up, but it wasn't until I got to school and I started getting on…

— Brian Gleeson

I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just…

— Jonathan Groff

If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the…

— Dee Wallace

It takes a lot out of you to do a stage play, but I'd love to do that. I'd love to continue…

— Jeremy Renner

I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do…

— Richard O'Brien

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized…

— Shawn Mendes

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money…

— Gaby Hoffmann

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore

While training is important to fine-tune one's skill set, in my case, the exhaustive theatre experience and the grind of rehearsals ensured…

— Wamiqa Gabbi

I know a lot of actors don't like to watch themselves and sometimes I don't, but generally I do because I like…

— Michael Welch

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week…

— Noel Coward

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

— Kirsten Dunst