Theatre Quotes · Page 929

I wanted to go to college to be a journalist and follow in my dad's work. And then I became an actor.

— Lana Condor

I would say the three stages of making a film are the initial 'are we gonna do this,' 'how much will I…

— Steve Martin

I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which…

— Kajol

I would love to do Broadway. That was my original aim, when I first started acting when I was 13. I wanted…

— Dove Cameron

What was good was that I had friends who were actors and in theatre who were really good, because I think my…

— Rob Urbinati

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.

— Carol Ann Duffy

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.

— Robert Smith

Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish…

— Jason Isaacs

D = Drama R = reward A = asses to M = make more A = asses.

— Tiffany

For me, acting is breathing.

— Jacob Elordi

Unless you're playing a real character based on a real person, if someone else has done it before, you're probably better off…

— Dolph Lundgren

I always thought from my knowledge of London theater and the audiences here that they would appreciate a truly genius piece of…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

Photography is a pursuit that allows you to be very hands-on with what you show people of either yourself or the art…

— Cole Sprouse

I have been involved with theatre since I was 13. I never seriously thought I would get into movies though I had…

— Lara Dutta

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then…

— Alan Rickman

There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back…

— Ray Liotta

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap…

— Viggo Mortensen

As an actor, as you grow into where you fit in the industry, you're just trying to find the opportunities, hoping they…

— Mahershala Ali

I don't want to be doing a show that's negative, that's filled with drama.

— Leah Remini

Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so…

— Wanda Sykes

Certainly in my generation, there aren't enough actors from a working-class background.

— Tom Burke

The projectors in the theater practically shut down with boredom.

— Desson Thomson

“Then she called me a drama queen for the whole afternoon. I didn't think I was being a drama queen.”

— Carey Anderson

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if…

— David Mamet