Theatre Quotes · Page 60

The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

— Christophe Honore

I am from a really small town where theater wasn't super-cool, I would say. Maybe undervalued? So, I would drive into St.…

— Taylor Louderman

My motto is the role of an actor is to work.

— Jackky Bhagnani

Theatre is a more difficult visual medium than films. You need to hold the attention span of the audience without goofing up…

— Poonam Dhillon

I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based…

— Hilton Als

It was never my goal to be an actor.

— Rachel Hurd-Wood

I lived on the stage, and even at 6, slept behind the seats of the theatre.

— Aubrey ODay

I was doing community theater since I was about nine.

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I am an actor who also writes.

— Mukul Dev

t is for me because I needed to do this. I really think actors shouldn't act unless they really need it in…

— John Leguizamo

Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady…

— Walter Koenig

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the…

— Steve Buscemi

When I started acting classes, I was inspired. The truth is I never dreamt of being an actress as a child. But…

— Ana Layevska

Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.

— Meg Cabot

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

— Kristin Kreuk

The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life,…

— Gail Honeyman

I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way…

— Dane DeHaan

I love just being in the moment, and the most present I feel in my work is with theatre.

— Tommy Dorfman

There's so much control of the audience's experience when you're on stage doing a play, whereas when working on camera, there's a…

— William Jackson Harper

The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand…

— Ha-Joon Chang

I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

— Alexis Bledel

The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't…

— Reggie Lee

The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

— Harrison Ford

I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me.

— Angela Lansbury

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

— Meryl Streep

I'm proud to be making my Broadway debut in a production that is working to make theater more accessible, and I look…

— Lauren Ridloff

Yes, things have turned out to be quite different from what I had in mind as a youngster. But I'm enjoying every…

— Mukul Dev

I'd love to be in a period drama, though my dream role is to be in a film with Ray Winstone and…

— Lauren Socha

You've gotta leave enough space for your actors to bring stuff to the table and whatever the weather's doing that day or…

— Pamela Adlon

I know that I've had a very fortunate life, but also I think my job as an actor is to connect emotionally…

— Patricia Arquette

The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor,…

— Common

I'm a T-shirts, sweatpants, and jeans kind of gal; I dress really simply and comfortably. But one of the things I love…

— Sutton Foster

Unluckily actors don't get much free time, they are demanded every time and everywhere.

— Amaal Mallik

And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

But I refuse to believe that I am a better actor than myself.

— Jim Carrey

As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because…

— Ty Simpkins

Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends.

— Mark Strickson

All I can do is do my best work, try to create the best kind of moment to moment reality that I…

— Tobin Bell

Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for…

— Julia Garner

I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate…

— Octavia Spencer