Theatre Quotes · Page 72

I think it's important to be a generous actor.

— Aimee Lou Wood

I hate watching myself, as do a lot of actors.

— Callan McAuliffe

Actors are crazy or we wouldn't be doing this.

— Eileen Brennan

I would like to work in both comedy and drama.

— Daniela Bobadilla

I've found that musical theater is my passion.

— Samantha Barks

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

— Chris Lilley

I'm not an actor, though people say I can act.

— Stephen A. Smith

Kiss scenes are one of the flowers of a drama.

— Seo In-guk

I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.

— Romeo Santos

As an actor it gets boring to play always the villain.

— Udo Kier

I was trying to prove myself and be known as an actor.

— Jacob Elordi

I was a theatre major and started off as a playwright.

— Mark Kurlansky

My favorite part of theatre is that I get paid for it!

— Ruthie Henshall

Becoming an actor made me way more interested in plot.

— David Duchovny

I always thought that I could be, like, a funny actor.

— Noah Kahan

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms.

— Thornton Wilder

I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.

— Judd Apatow

At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school.

— Sylvia Hoeks

My first ambition was musical theatre, but I realised quite early on that I wouldn't make the grade.

— Caroline Flack

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

— Ravi Shankar

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

— Matt Dillon

I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.

— Jamie Bell

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

— Helen McCrory

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

— Bruce Beresford

In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to…

— Brian Cox

I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens…

— Lady Gaga

Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They…

— Michael Shurtleff

With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laugh, then you know you're not…

— Brooke Nevin

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I…

— Michael Fassbender

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with…

— Christopher Eccleston

I think what makes so many other actors miserable is focusing completely on making other plans. They're obsessed with their haircut and…

— Nick Offerman

Being fired is something... You have to really want to be an actor after you go through something like that. Because the…

— Billy Crudup

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

— Jason O'Mara

My daughter likes Korean drama more than I do.

— Peng Liyuan

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

— Aparshakti Khurana

“I've got to this stage and will not stop now.”

— Ahmed Gamal Abdel Gawad

My parents weren't actors or studio executives.

— Dwayne Johnson

I'm an actor; I'm vain - you want to look good.

— David Sutcliffe

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

— Orlando Bloom

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

— Christopher Walken