Theatre Quotes · Page 232

A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do.

— Michael Chiklis

The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.

— Maria Callas

It's important for me, politically, to see that theater isn't just about the powerful.

— Tim Crouch

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

— Heinrich Heine

The first stage play I ever did was a school play called 'The Wishing Chair.'

— Zawe Ashton

I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.

— Chris Burke

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

— Matthew Weiner

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.

— Eugene Ionesco

I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what…

— David Baddiel

I am not much of a trained actor. I have to get my brain and heart to go deep inside the situation,…

— Taapsee Pannu

I consume a lot of television and a lot of movies, and I love watching other actors work and am just very…

— Jordan Gavaris

For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to…

— Brian Baumgartner

First I went to C.W. Post and I was a psychology and theater major and then I transferred to NYU's Tisch School…

— John Leguizamo

I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act…

— Neil Patrick Harris

The sole aim of the arts of scene-designing, costuming, lighting, is to enhance the natural powers of the actor.

— Robert Edmond Jones

I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life, and perhaps I even built it to suit him…

— Bruce Springsteen

When I was a teenager, I thought I wanted to be an actor. I worked on an Indian soap opera that was…

— Meera Menon

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play…

— Samantha Barks

If I was an actor, it would be like a part that was me. It has to be real to me. I…

— Steve Young

People forget, most of the times we audition with people who aren't necessarily actors. So it doesn't matter who or what's in…

— Mike Colter

I think as an actress before I was on Twitter I thought, I'm only doing drama [and dramatic roles]... but then as…

— Jenny Mollen

Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you…

— Nilo Cruz

Last House offended a lot of people. The results in the theaters, even in Boston, reminded me a bit of things from…

— Wes Craven

I'll tell you this: you cannot escape the impact of emotion, whether it's in a big theater or a tiny one. If…

— Sanford Meisner

I want to do an action film, I would love to do a period drama, a biopic, a crime story.

— Tisca Chopra

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

— Neko Case

In the scenes of moral life the soul is at once actor and spectator.

— Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando

The joy of writing drama is putting yourself into different people's heads.

— Andrew Davies

Why do we think the people on stage are the only ones having fun?

— Jeanne Marie Laskas

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

— Marlon Brando

The hardest thing to do as an actor is to be simplistic, and to just be.

— Julie Benz

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

— Griffin Dunne

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

— Placido Domingo

Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

— Corey Hawkins

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

— Laura Linney

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

— Gedde Watanabe

When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.

— Sushant Singh Rajput

I just felt good working with peer actors around my age.

— Lee Je-hoon

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.

— David Oyelowo

It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work.

— Richard Donner