Theatre Quotes · Page 104

I got heckled off stage in Western Australia at a music festival once.

— Ronny Chieng

Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.

— Willem Dafoe

I love acting. I'm actually a very emotional actor.

— Rachel Bloom

I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession.

— Helena Bonham Carter

I get very excited when I get a chance to work with actors who are as passionate as I am.

— Bhumi Pednekar

I watch a lot of drama because I do associate comedy with work.

— Janet Varney

Drama, tears, lies! Cheers to the teenage years! -NeSha

— Nesha

As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

— Abbas Kiarostami

The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

— David Coverdale

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to…

— Derek Jacobi

No actor has a flawless career, but in the long term, I'd like my name to be synonymous with good quality.

— Daniela Ruah

I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that…

— David Suchet

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is…

— Robertson Davies

An awful lot of actors shy away from the uglier aspects of the human condition. They want to be liked, which is…

— Diana Rigg

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really…

— Sally Field

It's nice to bring the changes with everything you do. As an actor, that's what you want to do, all the time.

— Joanne Froggatt

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the…

— Adam Arkin

As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck…

— Linus Roache

I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do…

— Richard O'Brien

One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my…

— Josh Charles

I truly feel absolutely at home on the stage. It's very comfortable to me. It's very much my workplace, very much my…

— Ruth Cracknell

I don't slot actors into the image of a character that's already built. I build characters by listening to the voice and…

— Takashi Miike

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come…

— Gabrielle Union

I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type…

— Billy Porter

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

— Joel Kinnaman

“Keep The Drama In Your Books, Not Your Life." - The Cartel Publications.”

— T. Styles C. Wash

The more I learn about life through my films and outside of them, the better I am as an actor.

— Kunal Kapoor

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

— Harvey Fierstein

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

— Christian McKay

Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead.

— Jenna Dewan

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

— Sai Pallavi

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater.

— Sarah Jessica Parker

Let's kick off spring by sitting in a dark theater watching teenagers murder each other.

— Anonymous

Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

— Jane Levy

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

— Lou Diamond Phillips

Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.

— Sami Gayle

One of the first jobs I did out of drama school was a panto at the Magnum.

— Douglas Henshall

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!

— Molly Shannon

Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.

— Jeff Daniels

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

— Viva Bianca