Theatre Quotes · Page 125

I try and get what I want using the strengths that the actors have.

— Rajkumar Hirani

“The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?”

— Billy Marshall Stoneking

As an actor, it is my job to prepare for the role I am playing.

— Rasika Dugal

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

— Hamish Linklater

The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.

— Ron White

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

— Brett Gelman

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

— Harry Shum, Jr

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

— Anonymous

I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of…

— Ethan Hawke

And Daniel?" She asked. "Daniel was a player-" "Hey!" "That's what they called the actors." Bill rolled his eyes.

— Lauren Kate

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

— Natalie Portman

We allow the actors to do whatever they need to do or say to accomplish the goals that they want to accomplish.

— Mark Duplass

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation…

— Lars von Trier

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did…

— Michael Caine

I certainly have dreams of being on a Broadway stage someday, if they'll have me. I think I want to stay really…

— Sara Bareilles

I love the company of my family and I like being on stage performing because I'm interested in people.

— Anh Do

Sometimes on stage I prefer to feel more glamorous, so I'll go all out when it's a stage outfit like sparkly, colorful,…

— Lianne La Havas

You reminded me of a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book ['The Art of Acting'], which I…

— Mark Ruffalo

I managed to get a short film with Channel 4 Films. I cast a young actor who'd done a bit of television…

— Justin Chadwick

I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics…

— Anonymous

As an actor, I look to play roles that challenge me and this did that. I asked to speak to [the victim's…

— Mark Harmon

I love actors. Part of that is my theater background and being a writer who cares about performance. Actors have usually chosen…

— Martin McDonagh

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have…

— Yul Vazquez

Experiencing so many firsts, maturing as an actor, a professional, and a human. In the process, gaining friends, family, and the best…

— Cameron Monaghan

When an actor gets an opportunity to do things, only then can he prove his mettle.

— Pankaj Kapur

It's not like I like to start drama, or go around looking for a fight.

— Eva Marie

People are more interested in someone who goes on stage and tells the truth.

— Jay Mohr

Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career.

— David Walton

I played sports, I did all that, but I was a theater kid.

— Jonathan Majors

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

— Minna Antrim

I'm only happy when I'm on stage. Anything else is no fun.

— Fats Domino

If I had a child, I wouldn't let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there.

— Kate Winslet

As an actor, people are always criticizing you so it just made me fall in love with myself.

— Andrea Hall

I started at the Incognito Theatre as an amateur.

— David Jason

Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.

— Dick York

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

— Sabrina Bryan

Oh, you hate drama? Please, keep dramatically complaining about it on Facebook.

— Anonymous

As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

— Sam Riley

In much postmodern theatre ... the line between theatre and non-theatre is deliberately erased.

— Jeremy Begbie

We realised that art, theatre, and music in Sarajevo were resistance at the deepest level.

— Haris Pasovic