Theatre Quotes · Page 118

Actors love to do good work irrespective of country and borders.

— Mahira Khan

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?

— Maggie Siff

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

— Yael Stone

When actors aren't filming they just go to their dressing rooms and relax.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I'm always studying actors and movies. You can never not do your homework.

— Danielle Rose Russell

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

— Felicity Jones

I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.

— James Nesbitt

The world's a theater, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill

— Proverb

As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote.

— James Norton

I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and…

— Gerard Depardieu

Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name.

— Carmen Cusack

Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to…

— Alfred Molina

When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream…

— Jill Hennessy

Performing on stage is such a buzz. I've done stupid things such as jump off a building, but I'd never experienced adrenalin…

— Tom Holland

There's a loyalty attached to football, and it is more communal than theatre. If you go to the football, it is part…

— George MacKay

As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of…

— Annaleigh Ashford

Don't let a single comic moment pass you by; then help the audience get the laughs. Give them permission to laugh by…

— James Carver

You have to promote yourself. And the only way you do that is by saying no to the things you would have…

— Adrian Lester

I personally was driven to be an actor for the love of telling a story. It was very closely linked to being…

— Lauren Graham

Filmmakers need to give the audience that something extra, an incentive to spend money and go to the multiplex - the ticket…

— Gordon Chan

“We had been playing our assigned roles on the office stage, but stepping down from the stage, abandoning the images that we…

— Haruki Murakami

I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.A. soon after graduation to…

— Pedro Pascal

We are a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk.We are the original displaced personalities, concentrated gatherings of neurotics,…

— Herman J. Mankiewicz

When theatre works, it's like nothing else, and when it doesn't, which is often, it's excruciating. It's perhaps not so excruciating when…

— Sarah Waters

“Just thinking about all the drama gets my tubes in a twist.”

— Megan McCafferty

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

— Katie Lowes

More young people need to come to the theatre in general.

— Tobias Segal

To be an actor wasn't something that seemed realistic. I started late; I was about 19.

— Diego Klattenhoff

I believe a good actor does not have an accent of his own.

— Mukul Dev

Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.

— Allison Janney

As an actor, you tend to just look at the script till you get to your stuff.

— Melanie Scrofano

I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.

— Cate Blanchett

I was joking with my agent that I'm going to get typecast for a water-disaster actor.

— Tom Holland

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

— Bruce Boxleitner

In terms of level of difficulty, it would go comedy, thriller, and then romantic drama.

— Sydney Pollack

I've worked with a lot of wooden actors in my day, but Pinocchio is the best.

— Martin Landau

An actor should not bother about the camera per se, and what kind it is.

— Kay Kay Menon

I've tried very hard to be thought of as a serious actor.

— Burt Reynolds

“Actors are all about entrances, but writers are all about exits.”

— Vincent H. O'Neil

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

— Bela Lugosi