Theatre Quotes · Page 932

The reason why I became an actor was for the community, now I realize. It's the people that you're with, and the…

— Naomi Ackie

Coming from the theatre, I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns, and I get to be a…

— Sutton Foster

Anytime you can get the crowd to be a factor, kudos to the crowd.

— Baker Mayfield

I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for…

— Karen Allen

The fixation of the theater in one language--written words, music, lights, noises--betokens its imminent ruin.

— Antonin Artaud

High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a…

— Neill Blomkamp

With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this.

— Werner Herzog

Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context.

— Helen Mirren

Plays can create empathy. If you put a Muslim character on stage, and make him a full character, you're making it possible…

— Motti Lerner

I have always wanted to be an actor. I was just five when I started acting.

— Nana Patekar

You can get bored up there on stage, night after night. But it's an open forum where you can get away with…

— Mike Patton

I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of…

— Michaela Coel

As an actor, I don't have any demarcation and I plan to plunge into any character offered. Why restrict yourself?

— Akshara Haasan

Brian De Palma was one of the rare directors who wanted us all to go to dailies. It was like a party.…

— P. J. Soles

I'm not surprised that some people never readjust and move on. But that's the trap. Because if you don't, you're dead. If…

— Joshua Jackson

As a singer-turned-actor, you will already have a fan base. However, if you don't do well in the movies, your career in…

— Ammy Virk

You don't choose the theatre; The theatre choses you

— Susan Sullivan

I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.

— Candice Patton

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the…

— Aidan Turner

Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

— Graham Norton

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

— Anthony Hopkins

For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play.

— Jessica Pare

I think comedy drama is a tricky one. But it's like in real life: often really tense, dramatic situations can be punctuated…

— Ruth Jones

This business is filled with really talented actors, and I'm sure there's a lot of guys out there who could have also…

— Elden Henson

The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or film; normally you don't see…

— James Franco