Theatre Quotes · Page 130

I enjoy working with Doon's talented, young actors and also get to learn from them.

— Himani Shivpuri

If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.

— Joe Mantello

My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.

— Judd Nelson

I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

— Eric Bana

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

— Jeff Daniels

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

— John C. Reilly

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

— Christopher Walken

Once you are on the set as an actor, you are detached for three or six months.

— Jackky Bhagnani

They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.

— Jacki Weaver

I actually don't want to be an actor for the rest of my life. I'd like to go on to be a…

— Noah Gray-Cabey

STG and the Ramshorn Theatre are a vital part of Glasgow's rich cultural history. To abandon them now is to abandon not…

— Peter Capaldi

When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for…

— Xosha Roquemore

“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to…

— Meg Wolitzer

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel…

— Daniel Sharman

When we're not shooting 'Ballers,' we're always on the hunt for other work. As actors, we've never satisfied with just one thing.

— Jazmyn Simon

I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some…

— Chris Burke

It's not that demanding. It's fun. That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these…

— Jason Momoa

When you really want a role and you really want a character, you become quite close to the script and the project,…

— Asa Butterfield

“We can only be ourselves in the long run. Everyone can be someone else for a time. Actors have jobs for a…

— Jeanette Murray

Im not the kind of actor that can go completely cold into an emotional scene. I have to transport myself emotionally by…

— Jamie Bamber

We have new technology that allows us... After we've blocked it, all the actors usually run over to the monitor and we…

— Laura Vandervoort

Even today, my father watches my films only in the theatre with the general public. And he's very tough. His first call…

— Suriya

I would study film. I was accepted into USC as well as the film school, because that's two separate processes. But I…

— Michelle Trachtenberg

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know,…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

— Kyra Sedgwick

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.

— Antony Sher

I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.

— Bret Easton Ellis

When I was a very young actor, I made a wise move. I invested in the stock market.

— Van Heflin

I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.

— Arjun Kapoor

To be free on stage, you need to have been disciplined.

— Sylvie Guillem

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

— Bradley Cooper

I trained in theater. And I started in theater with my first two jobs doing stage plays.

— Kit Harington

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.

— Israel Horovitz

“I'm not that good of an actor to fake something like that.”

— Dana Burkey

There's nothing more terrifying than an actor who comes with an idea.

— Lance Henriksen

In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

— Tristan Bernard

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

— Casey Wilson

There is a certain amount of freshness and credibility that new actors bring to any movie.

— Ravi Babu

I studied theater at UCLA and wrote plays during my time there.

— Mikey Day