Theatre Quotes · Page 139

I couldn't care if some theatre reviewer thinks my American accent sounds a bit Welsh.

— Joanna Page

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

— Robin Thicke

I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

— Guy Pearce

I love being able to do a bit of theatre, do a bit of telly, and do a bit of film.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

I know when an actor is giving it his/her all and when they're just phoning it in.

— Ricky Schroder

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

— Michael Caine

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

— David Leitch

During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage,…

— Randeep Hooda

I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing…

— Yoko Ono

I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different shit, you know what I mean?

— Ice Cube

I know what it's like to have a young child at the weekend and feel like there is nothing to see in…

— Teri Hatcher

When I go on stage I am just, I don't make any attempts to do anything more than just what makes me…

— Teddy Pendergrass

When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a…

— Navid Negahban

I believe in giving actors the freedom to express themselves, and adding more to whatever is written.

— Arbaaz Khan

I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.

— Kurt Fuller

As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so…

— Grant Heslov

After 'Arrested Development,' I didn't know for sure if I wanted to be an actor. I was hitting this wall, where I…

— Alia Shawkat

There are so many people who come to me to be an actor, but I select only those people who I feel…

— Dev Anand

When you don't get a certain quality of work, you end up doing lesser quality of work because there's no work. I'm…

— Ranvir Shorey

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do…

— Michelle Branch

After kids, the desire to improve as an actor remains, but time becomes hugely important. I want to do good work and…

— Cillian Murphy

I was just this little theater geek. I joined the drama program my freshman year. I read the morning announcements my sophomore…

— Ashleigh Murray

A producer is always behind the scenes, even more in the movies - nobody sees you. I didn't even meet most of…

— Giorgio Moroder

Let me just make my mark as an actor first, and then an item song can be the second step.

— Daisy Shah

Life is not an opera. Scenes belong on the stage.

— Loretta Chase

Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up!

— John Rhys-Davies

I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television.

— Michelle Dockery

While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.

— Rachel Skarsten

There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater.

— Elaine Stritch

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

— Kristin Kreuk

I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

— Owen Wilson

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

— Craig Bierko

I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.

— Tim Pigott-Smith

I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.

— Sam Rockwell

I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.

— Ben Stiller

In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.

— Robert Wilson

I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.

— Tom Verica

It is a common perception that actors don’t get along.

— Deepika Padukone