Theatre Quotes · Page 154

If you prove yourself as an actor, you will land good roles.

— Raashi Khanna

The only power an actor has is the ability to say: 'No

— Lou Diamond Phillips

Fresh start in Italy. No more being a b*tchNo more of me and Sammi drama. -Ronnie

— Jersey Shore

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

— Jillian Bach

I don't want actors to know anything. The more they are lost, the better they play.

— Bruno Dumont

Life surprises you. It happens to the best of actors, we have good and bad phases.

— Amrita Rao

I have not done much as an actor. There is no end for an artist, and my best is yet to come.

— Sridevi

I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

— Richard Armitage

We will get back to the earlier, instinctive and less inhibited nature of theatre. Today, spectators are passive, but Elizabethan, Greek and…

— Sam Wanamaker

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these…

— Pilou Asbaek

If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot…

— Rebecca Eaton

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

— Martin Donovan

My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in…

— Michael Weston

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

— Madchen Amick

Myself, I believe that black theatre continues to evolve, and the success of writers like Bola Agbaje and Rachel De-lahay is proof…

— David Harewood

When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private…

— Anna Netrebko

Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that…

— Katharine Hepburn

I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller,…

— Ben Kingsley

You know, in this industry, being an openly queer actor or entertainer, you can play the game your way, or you can…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Stage fright and acting blocks are just unfocused or misplaced energy. Everything is possible if you know how and where to focus…

— Marjo-Riikka Makela

Even when I was little and going on auditions, it was clear who was there because they wanted to be there, and…

— Wil Wheaton

I get to do my own thing with music. I get to write the songs and sing the songs. As an actor,…

— Olly Alexander

I feel very fortunate to be currently in the position where I can choose to be an actor, writer, director, or all…

— Lake Bell

Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easily palatable. Things that are too dumbed down…

— Adam Driver

I tend to play geeky types but I'd like to be a bad boy. I'd also love a period drama.

— Dylan Llewellyn

Lights on stage, I guess I got to put on a show, cause everyones waiting.

— Chris Brown

My first film, 'Leader,' created a lot of political drama. Its release was pushed back twice.

— Rana Daggubati

Drama is one of those things you just can't run from.

— Jade Surette

There are many actors I know who are not talkative.

— Divya Agarwal

That's what frees up an actor: when you don't have to be responsible to likability.

— Adrian Pasdar

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

— Ben Vereen

When I was growing up my parents never thought I would be an actor.

— Charlie Plummer

When I go to see theater, I'm consumed with professional jealousy.

— Brad Hall

I think that's what theater camp is. It's a place where anyone can be themselves.

— Molly Gordon

I didn't think, 'I want to do dramas or I want to do comedies' - I wasn't clear in that way.

— Leslie Mann

I believe that an actor should be like water, free-flowing and extremely flexible.

— Babu Antony

If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career

— Kate Winslet

Cause I bring the heater. Love me cause I'm your leader.

— Anonymous

More importantly, I'm an actor whose passion is dance.

— Shobana

The BBC is very good at period drama - world-famous for getting the details right.

— Lynne Reid Banks