Theatre Quotes · Page 249

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

— Alexis Denisof

My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor.

— Max Minghella

“A place where exiles gather to talk of passion.”

— Joanna Quinn

I always wanted to be known as an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

— Andie MacDowell

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

— Anton Chekhov

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

— Constantin Stanislavski

I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater…

— Karen Allen

But there are times, as an actor, where you are like, 'Although I am really sad that I did not get this,…

— Wunmi Mosaku

There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting…

— Abhimanyu Singh

I have never been attracted to television work. Even to appear in series and soapies. I have always appeared in theatre and…

— John Kani

People on the stage are desperate to do the screens, and people on the screens are desperate to do theater.

— Sian Clifford

That's the challenge as an actor. You put yourself in uncomfortable positions because that's your job. Otherwise, just stay home and watch…

— Stacy Martin

I worked at Starbucks, I was a waiter, a bartender and a valet, sometimes working 2 to 3 jobs at a time…

— Andrea Hall

Giving people the opportunity to sit in a dark theater together and have emotions in public, whether they're laughing or crying -…

— Hong Chau

I may not be a trained actor, but I've paid my dues. And I mean that literally. I am a fully dues-paid…

— Donna Brazile

Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory…

— Azar Nafisi

I was doing theatre when somebody noticed me and referred me to Raju Hirani. And Raju saw me on camera, and there,…

— Ali Fazal

Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner…

— Kajal Aggarwal

Something I learned as an actor was which scenes needed to be rehearsed and which actors are good with rehearsal, which actors…

— Angelina Jolie

I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I…

— Chris Tucker

When actors try new things, cinema also gains a lot from it. At the same time, the nature of the business is…

— Sunny Singh

It's this constant falling in and out of love with what you do. We're always trying to find a project or a…

— Mike Faist

I believe in listening to a script as an audience more than an actor.

— Atul Kulkarni

I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage.

— LaChanze

I left 'Death in Paradise' because I wanted to get back on stage.

— Danny John-Jules

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

— Cate Blanchett

I'm still a big believer in movie theaters, and going to see movies in public.

— Leigh Whannell

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

— Vera Farmiga

I was super shy as a kid, and theater was a way that everything made sense to me.

— Jason Ralph

In New York theater, you always talk about wanting a great ensemble of actors.

— Christopher Lloyd

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

— Anthony Gonzalez

Acting takes a lot out of you. I'd be drained, but I was just sitting there acting.

— Angus Cloud

I grew up doing a lot of theatre, plays, dramas, musicals.

— Hale Appleman

I've always believed that it's the film that chooses the actor and not the other way round.

— Sonu Sood

“We never know how big a role we play in someone else's drama.”

— Danielle Ganek

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.

— Bob Hoskins

I love to combine first-time actors with seasoned actors.

— Sean Baker

“The past always wishes to play its part in the unfolding drama of life.”

— Steven Redhead