Theatre Quotes · Page 140

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

— Cate Blanchett

I'm still a big believer in movie theaters, and going to see movies in public.

— Leigh Whannell

I believe in listening to a script as an audience more than an actor.

— Atul Kulkarni

I left 'Death in Paradise' because I wanted to get back on stage.

— Danny John-Jules

I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage.

— LaChanze

In New York theater, you always talk about wanting a great ensemble of actors.

— Christopher Lloyd

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

— Anthony Gonzalez

Acting takes a lot out of you. I'd be drained, but I was just sitting there acting.

— Angus Cloud

To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I feel like doing theatre helps my on-camera work and my on-camera work kind of helps my theatre work. So I love…

— Dan Amboyer

I have a degree in vocal performance, I'm a classically trained singer, and I studied musical theatre.

— Shannon Lee

I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.

— Rob Lowe

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work…

— Dan Stevens

There was not an industry for child actors. I never really made any money. It was all about fun for me.

— Michiel Huisman

I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey…

— Kevin Daniels

You just have to know what your responsibility is to the movie, and live up to that, and be considerate of the…

— Michael Douglas

Actors basically do their thing on the set, and then you put all the pieces together, switch them around, and maybe put…

— Michael Rooker

You can be a really terrible actor - I won't mention any names - but, as long as you're good-looking, you can…

— Vic Reeves

I grew up in a really small town in Georgia, so the idea of knowing people who are actors or who are…

— Coy Bowles

I think the actor or performer should be - to touch that truth inside of a person. Touch that reality so much…

— Michael Jackson

I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If…

— Dakin Matthews

I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened…

— Kay Cannon

I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me.…

— Jose Padilha

I grew up doing a lot of theatre, plays, dramas, musicals.

— Hale Appleman

I've always believed that it's the film that chooses the actor and not the other way round.

— Sonu Sood

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

— Vera Farmiga

I was super shy as a kid, and theater was a way that everything made sense to me.

— Jason Ralph

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

— Anton Chekhov

“A place where exiles gather to talk of passion.”

— Joanna Quinn

I always wanted to be known as an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

— Andie MacDowell

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

— Constantin Stanislavski

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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

— Marlon Brando

Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail.

— Ricky Gervais

After 'Pink,' I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.

— Kirti Kulhari

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

— Alexis Denisof

My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor.

— Max Minghella