Theatre Quotes · Page 199

As for actors, I'm hugely in awe of Cate Blanchett - and Meryl Streep, obviously.

— Phoebe Dynevor

I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have.

— Jemima Kirke

I'm at the National Theatre School, which is like the Juilliard of Canada.

— Jake Epstein

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

— Tom Hiddleston

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.

— Helen Hayes

I want to expand what I do and definitely focus a little more in the acting, theater world.

— La La Anthony

Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no.

— Emanuel Azenberg

'Marjaavaan' was a huge success among mass audience and at single-scene theaters.

— Bhushan Kumar

The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that…

— Olivia Thirlby

T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by…

— Banksy

When I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the…

— Vincent Kartheiser

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

— Greta Gerwig

Every time I hit the stage I try to take something from it. There are a lot of shows and opportunities to…

— Adrian Marcel

I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified.

— Ryan Murphy

Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of…

— Stacy Keach

There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club,…

— Julianne Moore

We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets…

— James Buchan

There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact…

— Ivor Novello

Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch,…

— John Lahr

There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been…

— Peggy Noonan

What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way…

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this…

— Christian Bale

My very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling…

— Martin Shaw

“The theatre can teach us some truth, but it is the truth of the illusory nature of our existence. It can alert…

— Terry Eagleton

When I play any of the top teams or the top players, it's a stage.

— Mike Conley Jr

I think going on stage and putting on a concert for a night would be cool.

— Chase Elliott

I just fell in love with the whole process of auditioning and bonding with theater people.

— Melissa Barrera

I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.

— Arthur Darvill

Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.

— Randy Rainbow

The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

— Robert Taylor

I was trained in theatre so the seriousness was there. I never went in for the glamour.

— Rohini Hattangadi

I guess Ive been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

— Kevin Spacey

An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time.

— Parker Posey

The terrible thing about being an actor is that it's not a solo occupation.

— Peter Coyote

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

— Anonymous

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

— Italia Ricci

Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.

— Michael Keaton

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

— Arden Myrin

In theater, the primary tool for me was voice. On-screen, it's the eyes.

— Jeffrey Wright

I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.

— Ian Astbury