Theatre Quotes · Page 191

People are always going to go see movies in theaters.

— Nia DaCosta

Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.

— Sandra Oh

No actor can just have failures and no actor can just have successes.

— Neha Sharma

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

— David Twohy

When the actors look your character, half the problems are solved.

— Priyadarshan

I don't want to be difficult personally. On stage is the right place for a diva.

— Saara Aalto

'Scandal' is certainly different from anything else I've been involved with as an actor.

— Joshua Malina

Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.

— Tahar Rahim

A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.

— Zhang Ziyi

As an actor I'll be as madcap as you like, but in character, and after weeks of rehearsal. Don't expect me to…

— Rebecca Front

There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of…

— James Wolk

If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors,…

— Bill Hader

It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit,…

— Jim Sarbh

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm…

— John Landis

What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time…

— Maxine Powell

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of…

— Matthew Lillard

In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different…

— Aaron Tveit

It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite…

— Annette Bening

To direct actors is difficult. To direct actors in another language is more difficult, but directing non-actors in another language is one…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It's really hard to find stuff that is original. You pick up scripts and in four pages you know where it's going…

— Susan Sarandon

If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe…

— Delta Burke

I like trying different foods. I've done vegetarian stuff, and I've gone through meat phases, and then I do no bread, and…

— Parker Posey

I wouldn't call myself an actor or a singer for that matter, just a journeyman. [...] I feel I must have a…

— Ronnie Drew

Well, I've been acting for 50 years now, professionally. I've been acting a lot longer. My mother reckons I was acting when…

— Jacki Weaver

I studied at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano; I was a theatre actor.

— Franco Nero

It's quite a thrill to see it coming to life on stage.

— Richard M. Sherman

“could anyone know when an actor was true and not acting?”

— Ira Levin

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

— Alessandro Nivola

I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

— Abhishek Bachchan

I've never worked with an actor that I did not like.

— James Gandolfini

Any good script makes the job of an actor easier.

— Saswata Chatterjee

What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

— F. Sionil Jose

But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.

— Evan Glodell

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

— Jane Badler

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

— Maya Hawke

'Spiderwoman' was wonderful. I think that show is a very important piece of theatre.

— Chita Rivera

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act.

— Peter Stormare

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

— Bobby Darin

As an actress, I always wanted to become a versatile actor who can play any role or part.

— Shehnaaz Gill

Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good.

— Terrence Mann