Theatre Quotes · Page 242

I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.

— Tim Pigott-Smith

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

— David Leitch

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

Life is not an opera. Scenes belong on the stage.

— Loretta Chase

Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up!

— John Rhys-Davies

I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television.

— Michelle Dockery

While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.

— Rachel Skarsten

We make movies to be watched in theatres. Online streaming is more of a bonus, to revisit the film.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea.…

— Harold Prince

Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait…

— Michael Keaton

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical…

— Michael Gambon

Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a…

— Peter Mullan

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main…

— John Lithgow

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.

— Kelly Lynch

I think the emotional toolbox I have is healthy for an actor, as far as the intensity of emotions go. It's other…

— Shannyn Sossamon

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language…

— Kerry Washington

I had friends who were actors. I had some close friends who are actors before I had fallen into it. And but…

— Sarah Roemer

I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've…

— Ted Danson

As an actor, you're just taking temperature. I am anyway, all the time, and responding appropriately. I was again cast very last-minute…

— Olivia Williams

A lot of people want to judge the fact that I'm an actor. That's ridiculous. No one knows what I was doing…

— Taryn Manning

So way back, Jonathan and I were - we were entertainers as kids. We were actors; we did theater, musicals; we ended…

— Drew Scott

From the time I was five years old, theater was all I knew. I did community theater; I went to theater school.…

— Beth Behrs

My basic thought about actors, and I would say this to my students - I love to teach, but I haven't in…

— Ann Dowd

Let me just make my mark as an actor first, and then an item song can be the second step.

— Daisy Shah

I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

— Guy Pearce

I love being able to do a bit of theatre, do a bit of telly, and do a bit of film.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

I know when an actor is giving it his/her all and when they're just phoning it in.

— Ricky Schroder

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

— Robin Thicke

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

— Michael Caine

I was a Shakespearean actor, and a well-paid one.

— Lorne Greene

I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.

— Dorothy McGuire

There's only drama if you're still giving someone false hope. Remember that.

— Anonymous

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

— Diane Paulus

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

— Rana Daggubati

When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

— Gustavo Dudamel

I couldn't care if some theatre reviewer thinks my American accent sounds a bit Welsh.

— Joanna Page

There's nothing worse or more grating than a bad child actor performance.

— Ross Duffer

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes

You get onto the stage; you can shout and express yourself. Your negative energy gets consumed.

— Jaideep Ahlawat