Theatre Quotes · Page 45

Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other…

— Michael B. Jordan

For an actor, it is necessary to vegetate and look for inspiration. I get that from travelling, meeting people, and observing things…

— Radhika Apte

I saw Waiting for Godot when I was 17 in rep with a then unknown actor called Peter O'Toole playing Vladimir. I…

— Patrick Stewart

I don't understand why people think it's harder to do drama than it is to do comedy.

— Leslie Mann

I always wanted to be a character actor rather than the poster boy that they tried to make me 100 years ago.…

— Johnny Depp

For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed…

— Rebecca Hall

I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

— David Wenham

“And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!....provided I can memorize the lines.”

— Spalding Gray

I was a struggling actor all my life.

— Soni Razdan

I would actually like to establish myself as an actor first because both my parents are powerful and strong actors so, I…

— Akshara Haasan

“In sum, the actor identifies with the socially objectivated typifications of conduct in actu, but re-establishes distance from them as he reflects…

— Peter L. Berger

Whatever expectations I had for myself, none of them have come to pass. I grew up thinking I was going to be…

— Michael Ian Black

There's nobody in the arts in my family. It was kind of embarrassing to even say that I wanted to be an…

— Frank Grillo

I was a little girl with a pot belly and Afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic, and I found the theater and I…

— Audra McDonald

In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters…

— John Dos Passos

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I…

— Shanice Williams

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work…

— Michael Vartan

I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an actor.

— Pam Ferris

For me, it was a choice between band and drama - and I hated the band teacher.

— Lucy Deakins

When you direct the dialogue you can be precise, but with a song as a director you're more like a football coach.…

— Maren Ade

Ultimately, cinema is an actor's medium.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

— Sam Elliott

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

— Amy Landecker

Get off the stages, this is my show, my performance, for the ages.

— Lil B