Theatre Quotes · Page 133

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

— Michael Caine

“In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.”

— J D Salinger

Sometimes I wish I had remained in little theater.

— Van Heflin

When I moved to Bengaluru to study law, I was looking forward to joining a theatre troupe.

— Shraddha Srinath

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.

— Victor Garber

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

A film is made for actors and actresses, not for singers.

— Javed Ali

I got to work with great actors like J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. They were amazing.

— Isabela Moner

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play…

— Jennifer Lawrence

There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones.

— Helen Hayes

It's like having children. You give birth, but then they take on a life of their own. That's what actors do for…

— Kelly Masterson

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why…

— Wole Soyinka

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get…

— Bryan Cranston

Performing was always my thing, so when I act with another co-actor, perhaps that is why I never feel intimidated.

— Andrea Jeremiah

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera…

— Helen McCrory

I always find with dramas that the more that's left to the imagination of the audience, the better.

— Jodie Comer

All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I…

— Patrick Stewart

As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people…

— Eddie Marsan

If some people think it shows a feminine side to be in the theater, I've never felt that. And I'll openly say…

— Anthony Warlow

My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to…

— Christian Finnegan

I think any actor should have a good knowledge about what everybody does on set, so that you're not somebody who just…

— David Morrissey

I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing,…

— Lennie James

I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an…

— Rainn Wilson

I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were…

— Michael Jai White

Even Jon Jones and Mike Tyson used to get a lot of drama.

— Merab Dvalishvili

Drama, they say they hate it, but they create it!

— Sydney Rogers

Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?

— Lena Dunham

I write tragedies and things when I'm alone. Chekhovian dramas.

— Julian Barratt

I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.

— Jill Clayburgh

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

— Stephanie Beatriz

I hate drama, especially when its in your own clique.

— Anonymous

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

— Laurence Fishburne

Theatre should remain accessible even to those of us who have health condition.

— Liz Carr

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

— Peter Capaldi

I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

— Robert Emms

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

— Janel Parrish

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

— Russell Crowe

It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.

— Janet Varney

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

— Jon Hamm