Theatre Quotes · Page 59

I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character…

— Nicole Kidman

By the time an actor knows how to act any sort of part he is often too old to act any but…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If you're known as a dramatic actor it helps you a lot. Even though to me it's simpler, it leaves a deeper…

— Jackie Coogan

I don't know who can constantly afford to go and see things. A play, which has five people in it and one…

— Roger Allam

There are still times when the person who is challenging you as an actor is also the person who sometimes challenges you…

— Ian McElhinney

I never, ever wanted to be an actor.

— Ray Liotta

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

— Jeremy Irons

The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me…

— Kali Uchis

You can really get your chops in shape in the resident theatres, and I urge anyone to investigate them and to be…

— Jefferson Mays

I've gone through my adolescence on TV so it's pretty cringey when I look back on some pictures and scenes, but that's…

— Kelvin Fletcher

I was able to make the jump to theaters without having a TV show. My passion for getting a TV show just…

— Jim Gaffigan

I'm not a really firm believer in theatre that is 'about anything.' I don't think theatre can be about anything other than…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

— Divya Dutta

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going…

— James Earl Jones

As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident.

— Laura Vandervoort

I wouldn't call myself an actor or a singer for that matter, just a journeyman. [...] I feel I must have a…

— Ronnie Drew

In Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann takes the most thrilling moments in a movie musical-the seconds before the actors are about to burst…

— Elvis Mitchell

Theatre is always going to be an important part of my life.

— Mandira Bedi

If any child of mine becomes an actor I will turn in my grave.

— Clark Gable

I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner.

— Laura Harrier

I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being…

— Jonah Hill

You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your…

— Martin Landau

I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets…

— Emilia Fox

I was studying with Stella Adler, who was a great, great teacher who encouraged me to be an actor. I had thought…

— Warren Beatty

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

— Kate Winslet

Ghostbusters is kind of like the reason I wanted to be an actor.

— Michael Cera

It's unfortunate that it's not realistic that you can get people to come to a movie theater not knowing anything about the…

— Dave McCary

If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself…

— Annabella Sciorra

I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

— Richard Armitage

I love the power of theater. I think it's an experience you never forget.

— John Leguizamo

I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just…

— Rory O'Malley

I’m not being cynical, but when you’re doing a movie you have a number of choices as an actor. Then you see…

— Anthony Hopkins

Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

— Rudyard Kipling

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

— Natalie Portman

I can be a versatile actor.

— Ravi Kishan

All I know is that I intend to do films which are different from each other, work with good directors and on…

— Vicky Kaushal

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of…

— Ben Schnetzer

I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.

— Callie Thorne

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

— Michael Caine

A lot of the best acting training I had was in junior high and high school. We had very demanding directors and…

— Jello Biafra