Theatre Quotes · Page 233

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

— John Travolta

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

— Bindi Irwin

What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.

— Michael Sheen

I would hate to be 65 and think, 'What if I had tried to be an actor?

— Matt Long

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

— Anonymous

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

— Gary Cole

Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.

— Nick Nolte

Where can I go that would give me the same level of satisfaction as an actor?

— Patrick Stewart

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these…

— Moran Atias

I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

— Robert Knepper

There's such a fascination with celebrity. I think that's a very different thing to being an actor.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as…

— Vijay Sethupathi

'Sizwe' is the beginning of protest theatre; 'Nothing But The Truth' is post-apartheid South Africa.

— John Kani

When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character.…

— Mila Kunis

The working standards on television in our country are really bad. The sad part is that many actors take this deal because…

— Barun Sobti

People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama.

— Hilary Duff

When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a…

— Adrian Dunbar

My first experience in a movie theater was Dick Tracy. There was a scene with a guy with a Tommy gun and…

— Ari Aster

I never intended to go to Broadway. I was very happy being in an Off Broadway theater and having an Off Broadway…

— Ntozake Shange

I wish that there was a program in college that taught you what to do about getting head shots, how to get…

— Mikaela Hoover

I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on…

— Lusia Strus

The only way to really portray a character and tell a story well is to be flexible internally. And one of the…

— Kristin Lehman

One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the…

— Nick Cannon

From musicals to plays, I was part of all things theatrical all through my school life in Chandigarh, and this helped me…

— Ayushmann Khurrana

For actors, the idea is that you convince people you're someone you're not.

— Tom Bateman

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.

— LaChanze

As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

As an actor, it's the hardest thing to try to get work.

— Leslie Grossman

I think I find it easier to live on the stage than in life,

— Mark Rylance

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

— Chris Noth

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.

— Craig Ferguson

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

— Jain

The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.

— Naomie Harris

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

— Gene Tierney

I was always the best actor and best dancer in my college.

— Divya Dutta

All theater is unpredictable. That's the definition of theater.

— Janet McTeer

I love comedy, and I always wanted to go that way, but I felt so passionate about drama.

— Annabelle Wallis

I've played dinner theaters. I'm a working stiff.

— Adam West

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

— Emily Blunt

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

— John Wells