Theatre Quotes · Page 146

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

— Paresh Rawal

That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.

— Michael B. Jordan

The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.

— Hugo Weaving

I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people.

— Ewan McGregor

One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.

— John Lennon

“Drama don't arrive by surprise; it is summoned, undisguised.”

— T.F. Hodge

When I was an actor, I liked throwing a challenge to other actors.

— Nizhalgal Ravi

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

— Stella Adler

There's something terribly solitary about working in movies and television, and in New York, so much of the theater is showcasing.

— Jeff Perry

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different…

— Domhnall Gleeson

It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now…

— George Washington Cable

I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some…

— Demond Wilson

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really…

— James MacArthur

Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and…

— Matthew Davis

I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and…

— Colin Callender

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes…

— Gregg Henry

I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over…

— Charles Dance

Science and technology were often used by [the magician of old], even before they came into the marketplace on a mass basis.…

— David Copperfield

With theater, the time commitment and the demands on your body, your personal life, and your wallet are crazy. It's four months…

— Betty Gilpin

I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that.…

— Toby Jones

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always…

— Curtis Armstrong

We're all trained as actors to approach our characters with no prejudice, and take on the mindset and the spirit of the…

— Rob Morgan

Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and…

— Miguel de Unamuno

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

— Joe Mantegna

I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

— Jesse L. Martin

They say seven stages of grief. I think it's more like 77.

— Joely Fisher

If I have a career in theater, and nobody knows who I am, I'm all right with that.

— Lucas Hedges

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

— Colin Hanks

I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.

— Maximilian Schell

I want to walk the bases - I want to do all the actor-y stuff.

— John Cho

I didn't grow up wanting to be an actor, and I didn't go to acting school.

— Paul Schneider

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

— Estelle Parsons

I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.

— Laura Slade Wiggins

It's no use ignoring looks or charm if you're going into the theatre.

— Eileen Atkins

I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

— Marianne Faithfull

When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.

— Kevin Jonas

I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.

— James Nesbitt

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

— Chris Rock

As an actor, I never go back and look at my work, anyway. The satisfaction comes in the doing.

— Hart Bochner