Theatre Quotes · Page 181

Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character?

— James Gandolfini

I think you're blaming the actors for being in bad movies, and that isn't fair.

— Tom Arnold

You can't wait and sit for the phone to ring, so I do theater.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it.

— Marianne Elliott

The reason I am an actor is because I have faith in myself.

— Kartik Aaryan

One has to be honest to the story and choose actors accordingly.

— Boney Kapoor

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.

— Majandra Delfino

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

— Michaela Conlin

As an actor, one should be aware of all their capabilities. This is important, as films are becoming more realistic.

— Rajiv Menon

I'm really into the way sound works in film, and I did a little bit of sound design for theater in college.

— Hari Nef

People are doing sitcoms on stage rather than theater. You go to the theater, and it's as if you were watching a…

— Ron Perlman

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.

— Kevin Spacey

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I never wanted to be one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along…

— Orson Bean

I am a greedy actor in the sense that I like the big bites. Put a big fat steak in front of…

— Tyne Daly

After my father passed away in 1989, I fell pretty hard for theater as an undergraduate at the University of Oregon. Before…

— Ty Burrell

I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious.…

— Tony Kushner

“A film in cinema is what in theatre would be realism—and vice versa. In cinema—as in life—the text, the words, are refracted…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I want to be the most famous actor the world's ever seen. I don't want to be able to walk down the…

— Sarah Shahi

There comes a time in life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create…

— Anonymous

In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl...…

— Nicole Scherzinger

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to…

— Bailey Chase

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is…

— Tammy Blanchard

I have a lot to show as an actor, and I will take my own sweet time for that.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

Everybody looks after you when you're an actor, and you lose all sense of responsibility.

— Helen Baxendale

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.

— Andy Serkis

As an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

— Megan Hilty

It's so much fun to be on stage and play. It really is.

— David Bryan

I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.

— Marianne Elliott

Ultimately, we are actors and let's leave our past absolutely behind us.

— Alok Nath

Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

— Ray Bradbury

I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.

— Simone Signoret

I did a lot of theatre in school and loved performing in front of people.

— Athiya Shetty

I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.

— Rithvik Dhanjani

I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama.

— Patrick Fischler

“And you and Kent need to sort out your drama ASAP.”

— Tahereh Mafi

Drama, lies, and tears, cheers to the teenage years

— Anonymous

Theatre has given me lot of opportunities such as directing monologues in 'Saat Teri Ekvees.'

— Pratik Gandhi

I can't do TV; I think I'll die as an actor first and then as a person.

— Kirti Kulhari