Theatre Quotes · Page 122

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

— Catherine Deneuve

We had no idea, you're like, an amazing actor, man.

— Jonah Hill

I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama.

— Patrick Fischler

“And you and Kent need to sort out your drama ASAP.”

— Tahereh Mafi

Drama, lies, and tears, cheers to the teenage years

— Anonymous

I expected to be doing basement theater in the suburbs of Stockholm.

— Gustaf Skarsgard

“Is this what school was like in the United States? It was like theater.”

— Cristina Henriquez

Eric and I just don't have drama. We're very happy.

— Jessie James Decker

I was being groomed to be the theatrical caricaturist. And I know if I got that job, I'd never quit. So I…

— Martin Landau

Rather than being a prop in a film with big actors, I would love to do a meatier and more meaningful role…

— Zareen Khan

I never said I want to be an actor. I just went quietly, quietly, I'm going to do this myself, so I…

— Aaron Pedersen

Funny how people hate being in a situation they caused themselves. If you hate drama, don't cause it. Simple as that.

— Sarah Moores

If you're not learning as a human, growing as a human, you can't grow as an actor. You're just churning things you've…

— Sophie Cookson

I see a lot of actor-bashing because they are the face of the film. Actors are just following someone else's direction.

— Varun Dhawan

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with…

— Mawra Hocane

I am a method actor because I listen to a sad song when I have to act in a sad scene. That…

— Krithi Shetty

When I got into the movie business, working with actors was the one thing I was really weak at. I didn't know…

— John Carpenter

Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over…

— Eli Roth

When you're at drama school you spend so much time working on amazing texts and analyzing them, digging into them, and figuring…

— Jared Harris

Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is…

— Samantha Bond

What's interesting for me is that I generally consider myself to be more of a physical actor, and I'm somebody that doesn't…

— Francois Cluzet

I spent a lot of time in college studying theater of the absurd and Beckett and Genet, and then I spent a…

— Betty Gilpin

When you're in your early 20s, a lot of characters can be one or two dimensional. You want a role to substantiate…

— Tom Hughes

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a…

— Paul Rudd

I can't do TV; I think I'll die as an actor first and then as a person.

— Kirti Kulhari

Theatre has given me lot of opportunities such as directing monologues in 'Saat Teri Ekvees.'

— Pratik Gandhi

As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play.

— Parvathy

I admire Cate Blanchett as an actor: that's my ultimate goal. To be as good as she is!

— Indiana Evans

There are worse things than death. Many of them playing at a theater near you.

— Woody Allen

I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time.

— Kurt Fuller

I have a lot to show as an actor, and I will take my own sweet time for that.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

— Michaela Conlin

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.

— Majandra Delfino

As an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

— Megan Hilty

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.

— Andy Serkis

Everybody looks after you when you're an actor, and you lose all sense of responsibility.

— Helen Baxendale

It's so much fun to be on stage and play. It really is.

— David Bryan

I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.

— Marianne Elliott

Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

— Ray Bradbury

Ultimately, we are actors and let's leave our past absolutely behind us.

— Alok Nath