Theatre Quotes · Page 18

We have nothing against working with actors.

— Anna Boden

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

— Wallace Shawn

I am an actor, I can do any role.

— Neena Gupta

With my background, I came out of the theater.

— Joe Morton

All that matters on the stage is good art.

— Jerzy Jeszke

I'm dying to do a drama.

— Emily Atack

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

— Sam Riley

When DRAMA calls hit the DECLINE button.

— Iven Garland

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

— Prunella Scales

I want to be on the big stage. Broadway. I was there before.

— Joey Heatherton

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

— Donnie Yen

Just because you've been on stage doesn't mean you can dance.

— Rachel Stevens

You know you're an actor in New York when you're on 'SVU.'

— Scott Adsit

Probably the most fun thing we do in our lives is getting up on stage.

— Lee Ranaldo

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

— Rob Walton

Any performer is one person privately and then he's another person when he steps on the stage.

— Mick Jagger

Some actors don a woman's role briefly during the course of a film but they make it a point to appear as…

— Samuthirakani

As an actor, my job is to perform to the best of my ability. Success or the ratings of a show are…

— Mouni Roy

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly,…

— James Purefoy

The wonderful thing about writing for theatre is you can go anywhere you want with the language. There are no limits. With…

— Sam Shepard

The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.

— Michael Fassbender

I can't wait to get off the bus and... go on stage and entertain people. That's my thing, that's what I love.…

— Charlie Daniels

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to…

— Giovanni Ribisi

I'd never ask an actor to do something I couldn't do - not that I'm the best actor in the world -…

— Rob Reiner

I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was…

— Evan Glodell

The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No…

— Martin Landau

Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection…

— David Walton

I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll never be…

— Jennifer Coolidge

That's why I love improvisational theater so much - you do it [scene] once and then it's done. You don't get bogged…

— Amy Sedaris

I sure do love theater. I mean, that's where I started. I am actually sort of shy, but something happens when the…

— Annie Potts

I write in order to understand the images. Being what my agent . . . somewhat ruefully calls a language playwright, is…

— Ellen McLaughlin

As someone who is non-binary gender identifying, I feel a particular responsibility to portray members of my community on stage and on…

— Asia Kate Dillon

I'm an actor. Actors are supposed to act.

— Robert Englund

My love of theatre began at a very early age.

— Amanda Redman

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

— Cate Blanchett

Dabangg' is an actor-driven franchise.

— Arbaaz Khan

It must be hard interviewing actors.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

I'm not a big raised stage fan.

— Tom Bergeron

I'm not an actor. I'm a fighter.

— Israel Adesanya

I'm not one who looks for the drama.

— T.J. Dillashaw