Theatre Quotes · Page 21

In a way, theatre is still my first love.

— Christopher Lloyd

All the world's not a stage.

— Theodor Adorno

I was born to be on the stage.

— Rutina Wesley

I started with Chicago theater.

— Sophie Thatcher

I'm not a big prop actor.

— Nathan Fillion

The theater is the thing I love doing most.

— Judi Dench

I was 18 when I got my first acting job.

— Jaime Winstone

I had no intention of being an actor, ever.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I'm the kind of performer who gets lost on stage. I can tap into this soulful haze.

— Kurt Vile

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.

— Edward Bond

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

— Anonymous

Just one night at a show in New York, I literally passed out and fell off the stage.

— August Alsina

“If all the world's a stage, who keeps moving the props??”

— Jackie Carreira

I'm passionate about actors, and I'm passionate about showing actors in different lights.

— Ryan Murphy

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

— Matt Bomer

I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings.

— Woody Allen

I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a…

— Jeffrey Combs

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something…

— Dee Rees

I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as…

— Tom Holland

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

— Meat Loaf

The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win.

— Humphrey Bogart

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers…

— Thomas Fleming

I don't normally think of a specific actor. I concentrate on the character, and then when we get into pre-production, that's how…

— Jed Mercurio

I believe that sitting in a street and hearing the people talk, argue, console each other is one workshop every actor must…

— Ravi Kishan

I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's…

— James McAvoy

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I…

— Gerard Butler

Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say…

— Marjane Satrapi

Becoming an actor has really helped me as a human being. The joys in my life I feel are more joyful, and…

— James Preston Rogers

It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like…

— Marielle Heller

I love the industry that I'm in. I love what I do, and I've sort of grown from being an actor and…

— Scott Foley

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

A statement of vision is the overarching purpose, the big dream, the visionary concept-something presently out of reach-so stated that it excites…

— Robert K. Greenleaf

“I've been around in this world causing drama”

— MIA

It's certain I never was meant to be an actor.

— Fred MacMurray

What I really want to be is an actor.

— Casey Kasem

An actor is an actor irrespective of age.

— Ashok Saraf

Acting is learnt, not taught.

— Naseeruddin Shah

All the world's a stage we're going through.

— Lorrie Moore

I really want to be the best actor I can be.

— Aimee Lou Wood

My best work happened on the stage.

— Rita Moreno