Theatre Quotes · Page 224

I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Actors usually tend to gravitate towards the evil things that stretch them.

— Jacob Batalon

I'm working with theatre-makers who are the top of their game, and it's extraordinary.

— Noma Dumezweni

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

— Liam McIntyre

I am quite an easy going person so I get along with my co-actors quite easily.

— Jasmin Bhasin

An actor is like an instrument, tune them, play them the right way.

— Ricky Schroder

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

— Finn Wittrock

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

— Marc Maron

I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors…

— Kirsten Dunst

I love being on stage. I just wish all the musicians would like it like I do. I could stay out there…

— Fats Domino

Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art…

— Robin Tunney

Theatricality - that's where you get catharsis. The Greeks went to see drama because they felt like this wasn't happening to them.

— Arca

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.

— David Carradine

The one thing that excites me as an actor is the ability to dive all the way in and immerse yourself in…

— Mike Faist

What we do in theatre is unlike film or any other medium. We can never really truly see the work that we…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

— Ted Alexandro

A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn't know that because you're taking out the things that don't…

— Peter Riegert

I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I…

— Scott Adsit

Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors…

— Priyamani

I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting…

— Torquil Campbell

Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If…

— Elizabeth Goudge

I miss family and friends, and I'd like to get back to work more in Scotland, and do more things like theatre…

— Tony Curran

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It…

— Aidan Gillen

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't…

— Michael Shannon

It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.

— William Wyler

“You have to be an Actor to face life not the camera.”

— Tapan Ghosh

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

— George Carlin

My weakness as an actor is that I think too much.

— Seth Numrich

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

— Cillian Murphy

It took me seven years to even comfortably say that I'm an actor.

— Kubra Sait

As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

It’s not the job of an actor to judge your character.

— Daniel Craig

An actor's job is to play any kind of character, no matter how sub-human.

— Satish Kaushik

“Glorious theater. It creates family for all kinds of orphans.”

— Rebecca Wells

I'm not shutting doors on myself, in any way, within theater, musical theater, TV and film.

— Lara Pulver

Acting is embarrassing for me. Stand-up had to be taken away for me to consider it.

— Taylor Tomlinson

Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.

— Lee Unkrich

I just thought I would work in a hair salon and do community theater.

— Christina Hendricks

I like it when actors depart from the script to find their characters.

— Fatih Ak?n