Theatre Quotes · Page 126

Nobody would be an actor if he/she were not charming at some level.

— Katrina Kaif

British drama can compete with America creatively. But the two systems are very different.

— Jed Mercurio

One of the many joys of being an actor is to understand the human psychology.

— Manisha Koirala

The lights, the music, the stage, and the crowd – putting it all together – magic in the making

— Nina Flowers

If I feel I've missed out something, it's properly running a theatre. That would be thrilling.

— Sean Mathias

“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.”

— Christy Hall

I don't think I'm that kind of actor, not like Julia Roberts-recognizable.

— Rachael Leigh Cook

I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects.

— Patton Oswalt

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to…

— Kevin Kline

It doesn't matter what people think about you, so long as they get the play through your performance. Only a few not…

— Prunella Scales

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all…

— Lance Reddick

I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way…

— Dito Montiel

Every actor I know - any reasonable actor I know - is complicated. What you see and what they are, those are…

— Scott Speedman

For me, as an actor, one of the biggest fears on a TV show is getting stuck in something where you end…

— Tyler Hoechlin

Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's…

— Miles Teller

In a world where you graduate with a theater degree from college, you gotta find your bread job. You gotta find that…

— Natasha Rothwell

We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all…

— Steve Buscemi

I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of archaeology to…

— Simon McBurney

I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I…

— Yvonne Strahovski

I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit…

— Philippe Petit

I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring…

— Tyler Perry

I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose…

— Helen Mirren

The biggest difficulty in film industry today is not that of getting dates, actors or finance, but writers. We don't get writers.…

— Sajid Khan

When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to…

— Steve Martin

Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.

— Jenna Fischer

I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.

— Mark Twain

I want to work really hard and stay committed to my work so that I can grow as an actor.

— Angad Bedi

It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.

— Lucy Lawless

It's highly collaborative, musical theater, so everybody has got to somehow get along.

— Ann Reinking

I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.

— Lionel Barrymore

To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating

— David Michod

I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.

— Matthew Ashford

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.

— Anonymous

I knew that acting is like anything - you learn from doing it.

— Scott Glenn

I like movies, action movies. I definitely would be an actor in Hollywood.

— Tyrann Mathieu

I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.

— Richard Armitage

I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.

— Alex Pettyfer

For any actor, hectic shoot schedules often take a toll on the mind and body.

— Rubina Dilaik

The drama, like the symphony, does not teach or prove anything.

— John Millington Synge