Theatre Quotes · Page 177

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

— Yael Stone

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?

— Maggie Siff

I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.

— James Nesbitt

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

— Felicity Jones

The world's a theater, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill

— Proverb

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

— Katie Lowes

“Just thinking about all the drama gets my tubes in a twist.”

— Megan McCafferty

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

— Joely Fisher

Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.

— Paul Morrissey

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe…

— Mignon McLaughlin

I always wanted to do theatre but never really took it up, as I was more inclined towards dance and films.

— Amruta Khanvilkar

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden…

— Debbie Allen

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

— Sarah Caldwell

If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot.

— Romola Garai

After working with so many great actors and acting students in film school, it was a whole other thing working with Luke…

— Paul Dalio

When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other…

— Alex O'Loughlin

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in…

— Samantha Morton

When you have an ensemble where characters pair off so easily, it becomes extremely isolating in the story world. You can end…

— Julie Plec

There are actors that are really fine actors but not good auditioners. There are really good auditioners that may not be great…

— Patrick Warburton

Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's…

— William Monahan

It's odd, how those things happen to actors. A thing where you think, "I have no idea how to do this," something…

— Michael Keaton

One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors,…

— Carla Gugino

I remember, I was doing 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in London in the early '70s, and friends of mine had come over from…

— Colm Wilkinson

I have a great deal of respect for the craft, I don't know how much respect it has for me. But it's…

— Colin Firth

I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.

— Sara Rue

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

— Dino De Laurentiis

I know great actors whom nothing has ever happened for.

— Paul Bettany

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

— Kevin Kline

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor.

— Bob Newhart

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

— Julianne Hough

It is important for an actor to learn how to face a live audience.

— Asrani

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

— Rachel Weisz

I'm naturally more of an actor - I'm not saying I'm very good, but it's what I trained for.

— Omid Djalili

I go through stages where one day I want to be with you, and the next day I want to leave you.

— Anonymous

I love the excitement, the center stage, the limelight.

— Bobby Riggs

My son is a better actor than me, only I was luckier.

— Jeetendra

I've never been one to shortchange the importance of actors.

— Warren Beatty

All actors do what they do differently, and it doesn't matter.

— Christopher Walken

Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.

— Meg Cabot

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

— Shia LaBeouf