Theatre Quotes · Page 240

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

— James Broughton

TV sort of picked up for me before my theater career did.

— Melissa Benoist

Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.

— Jonathan Groff

In this theatre that I call my soul, I always play the starring role.

— The Police

I've just gotten to do a lot of very different things, and as an actor, that's what you want.

— Lee Norris

The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.

— Joss Whedon

And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

I wanted to be on stage. That was kind of my plan as an actress in the beginning.

— Lauren Ambrose

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in…

— Anonymous

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

— Victor Garber

Comedy and drama are like two different sports; they both require athleticism but they're different.

— Jimmy O. Yang

A good actor just wants to deliver the writing to the audience who've paid that night. There's an agonising desire to get…

— Prunella Scales

Actually, I came to Mumbai from Jamshedpur in 1991 to become an actor. I began searching for work and I was all…

— Neeraj Kabi

The drama can only be brought to its climax in one of two ways -- through the selective brutality of terrorism or…

— Kenneth Kaunda

You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I'm a pro! No, what I mean is I have performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. I have been all…

— Kunal Nayyar

In musical theatre you're also supposed to be able to dance and everything, so I've always tried to take dance lessons, but…

— Isa Briones

That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and…

— David Suchet

Maybe for others it was difficult to find a role that suited my type. But I never thought of myself as a…

— Ben Gazzara

One thing I tend to do is ask actors tons and tons of questions to try to get at what they're thinking…

— George C. Wolfe

The theatre is a world in itself. The possibility for creating experiences that move people is increased many times over. In the…

— Cat Stevens

Some [actors] are really a pain in the ass today. I held out on getting an assistant forever because I didn't want…

— Jessica Alba

If you want a commercial success - it's the confusion of commerce with art. A successful play is not considered to be…

— Edward Albee

In fact, in the history of a lot of cultures there is a theater. For example, there are the theaters in Java,…

— Michelle Stuart

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.

— Marcia Cross

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

— Tim Daly

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

— Fred Allen

I'm not an actor. I leave proper acting to proper actors.

— Lee Evans

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.

— Sandra Oh

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.

— John Adams

The Palace is a good theater, you can see from everywhere.

— Andy Warhol

I had been working in England since 2005 when I left drama school.

— Tom Payne

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

— Grimes

Every once in a while as an actor, you do something that the kids really like.

— Ernie Hudson

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.

— Dylan Moran

Even in the wildest of my dreams, I didn't expect this love and affection as an actor.

— Nani

One of the ways that I think about my being an artist and an actor is... it's an experiment.

— Kerry Bishe

Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.

— Stella Adler

I've directed web series, music videos, film shorts, and theater. It's just a hat I put on.

— Malik Yoba

What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.

— Audrey Tautou