Theatre Quotes · Page 239

Like any other aspirational actor, I wanted to be a part of films.

— Vikrant Massey

I miss Broadway! I'm still a theatre kid, don't worry!

— Gaten Matarazzo

What made me a comedian was staying on the stage and starting to talk.

— John Bishop

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

— Logan Lerman

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

— Paul Dano

I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

— Taylor Sheridan

The whole thing about my books and my life is that I create drama's always around me.

— Chelsea Handler

“I didn't ask for your résumé,theater freak. You people love to talk, don't you.”

— Lindsey Leavitt

I am not a trained actor, and for me, getting under the skin of a character, living their lives, is important, or…

— Deepti Naval

Getting up on stage and being able to make people feel like their lives are slightly more special than they realize is…

— Torquil Campbell

There were two paths I was on: pre- and post-meeting my wife. I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't have…

— Jake Johnson

I've always wanted to make serious films. Comedy's important, it's very good to laugh. But when I look back at all my…

— Omid Djalili

“I am also aware of television’s potential for creating a theater for the masses (a subject which in my opinion has not…

— Neil Postman

I was initiated into acting with college plays, enacted by our amateur theatre group, Natya Aradhna, in Sholapur.

— Atul Kulkarni

Before acting offers came by, I dabbled in theatre under the aegis of the late thespian Dinesh Thakur. He was instrumental in…

— Arfi Lamba

I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"

— Michael Ian Black

I grew up doing musical theatre in L.A. at this sort of children's theatre/community that was kind of my escape from school…

— Molly Gordon

I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film…

— Faith Prince

My belief about performance capture is that it's a technology which allows actors to play extraordinary characters. But from an acting perspective,…

— Andy Serkis

I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever…

— Alfred Molina

I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and…

— Harry Dean Stanton

Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other…

— Jack Lemmon

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it…

— Steve Buscemi

I didn't have much ambition, but I always had an idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to act.…

— Michael Madsen

The first rule of show business is get off the stage while people still want more.

— Terence Winter

It is the director's vision, and as actors, we are just extensions of that.

— Namrata Shirodkar

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think if you're an actor you kind of have to be willing to look stupid.

— Heather Graham

I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.

— Michael Ritchie

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

— Michael Douglas

Categorisation of actors has become outdated now.

— Kriti Sanon

As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.

— Martin Freeman

I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.

— Kajal Aggarwal

It's fun matching steps with younger actors. It gives me the confidence to keep going.

— Prabhu Deva

I want to be so strong as an actor that people wouldn't say... eh, that's Josh Lucas

— Josh Lucas

The way that you parent, you ease into every stage.

— Joel Madden

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

— Annie Lennox

Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama.

— Tennessee Williams

I was doing a lot of great theatre, but I just couldn't work out how to make ends meet.

— Toby Stephens

Films were just a profession. The moment I step into the house the actor in me disappears.

— Sowcar Janaki