Theatre Quotes · Page 50

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

— Mark Hamill

There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's…

— James Wolk

It's pretty boring, working by yourself. The scene happens in between the two of you, and then you don't know what it's…

— Julianne Moore

The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in…

— Wallace Shawn

I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know,…

— Ian Mckellen

That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.

— Bryan Cranston

I'm not a person who romanticizes what being an actor should be.

— Jason Butler Harner

I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things.

— James Purefoy

I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something…

— Jeff Daniels

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to…

— Vanessa Kirby

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so…

— Derek Luke

It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite…

— Annette Bening

I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see…

— Jeff Daniels

Use people whom you're excited by and who share your excitement... The ideal collaboration is one in which the actor and director…

— James Toback

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

— Russell Crowe

When I was in high school, I worked at a theatre on Long Island, where I grew up, in the box office…

— Stephen Schwartz

People do complain about the way I act on stage... They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained,…

— Bo Burnham

I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological…

— Neil Patrick Harris

I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a…

— Gavin MacLeod

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

— Rita Moreno

I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.

— Elayne Boosler

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character…

— Joe Johnston

I am a reality all-star. This is what I do. I'm not an actor or an athlete.

— Brandi Glanville

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

— Giancarlo Esposito

I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.

— Rosemarie DeWitt