Theatre Quotes · Page 246

I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.

— Ruth Wilson

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

— Sterling K. Brown

I think action, as a genre, is every actor's dream.

— Ali Fazal

My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.

— John Barrymore

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

— Hal Holbrook

“Since they are theater people, they do not need to be heard... they only need to be speaking.”

— John Green and David Levithan

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

— Donal Logue

It's difficult sometimes to become friends with actors.

— Andie MacDowell

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece…

— John Kander

There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

— Sean Penn

“A career on stage is a piece of cake in comparison to the songwriting side of the fence. The process of someone…

— Lisa Goldin

When I started off, nobody held my hand and told me what I should do and how I should portray myself as…

— Payal Rohatgi

Personally, I don't want to do theater that's very stylish, when it's just stories on stage that are basically the same as…

— Elizabeth Marvel

Film actors already have a public outreach, which helps political parties bridge the gap between them and the people.

— Nagma

It occurs to me that with all the television people watch, most of their acquaintances are actors.

— Arthur Miller

I'm an extraordinarily anxious person. I'm a typical actor: narcissistic and paranoid and all them things.

— Joe Gilgun

I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to…

— Om Puri

The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people…

— Vanessa Mae

It doesn't matter if a character is a lawyer, a cop or a geography teacher. If there's a story in there, where…

— Clive Standen

It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the…

— Constance Backhouse

I've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the…

— Gillian Anderson

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties…

— Fred Melamed

Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I…

— Ariel Pink

There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.

— Richard Jenkins

“We are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our own lives but reactors.”

— Frederick Buechner

I love any kind of recognition because as an actor I'm very hard on myself sometimes.

— Michael Welch

I'm one of those lazy actors; I like to take what the playwright wrote and work with that.

— Cherry Jones

To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.

— Dominic Cooper

I am keen to work in romantic stories and dramas.

— Nora Fatehi

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

— Kayvan Novak

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie

Films like 'Kaamyaab' remind me that I am an actor and they bring me the most satisfaction.

— Sanjay Mishra

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

— Eckhart Tolle

I saw 'Clueless' five times in the theatre when I was growing up.

— Lizzy Caplan

“The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.”

— Bryant McGill

I'm growing as an actor and performer every week.

— Allison Holker

If I wasn't an actor, I'd probably be working in journalism.

— Sophia Bush

I enjoy being in movies, but my heart will always lie with the theatre.

— Steven Berkoff

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

— Richard Burton