Theatre Quotes · Page 250

'I hate drama' says the girl always staring drama.

— Anonymous

What I miss about the theater is the live experience.

— Donna Lynne Champlin

“More waiting...actors are paid to wait. We do the acting for free.”

— Jason Chan

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

— Beau Bridges

Usually I don't get specific advice from certain actors or actresses I work with.

— Kaitlyn Dever

I think the responsibility that any actor has is to bring some truth to the work.

— Joe Morton

I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.

— Justin Timberlake

I think, in all this race and competition, we actors forget how to have fun.

— Ali Fazal

I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s…

— Loudon Wainwright III

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.

— Matthew Macfadyen

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

— George Eads

I think the way I am on stage is probably who I really am. Everything else is a persona. [] It’s an…

— Matthew Bellamy

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.

— Richard Marx

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw…

— Joe Thomas

I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get…

— David Morse

After Peepshow, I really dont know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I…

— Coco Austin

I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the…

— Jiang Wen

I thought for a minute about an actor and a musician simultaneously, but I think that's always very loaded as an actor…

— Gabriel Mann

The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The…

— Tracie Thoms

But, for the role of Sarah Linden, we saw everybody. Everybody wanted this role. Every female actor in town really wanted to…

— Veena Sud

Sometimes when you walk onto a set, there are very clear delineations. The crew don't talk to the actors and I hate…

— Rebecca Mader

The interesting thing with child actors is that kids are natural actors. They're wonderful actors, and most kids are acting all the…

— Clint Eastwood

I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild,…

— Angelina Jolie

I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater -…

— Jacqueline Emerson

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

— Stephen Mangan

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

— Stanley Tucci

It's really hard to make a living as an actor. I'm grateful as I drive to work every morning.

— Carrie-Anne Moss

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

— Eric Johnston

I didn't really enter into the real world until I was probably at drama school.

— Freddie Fox

Many an actor does the stage more ham than good.

— Evan Esar

Nine out of ten delinquents are frustrated actors.

— Peter Mullan

I don't hesitate to do nudity as an actor if it's done well.

— John Lithgow

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

— Harold MacMillan

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter, I think a lot of actors are. I still am.

— Kit Harington

I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.

— Amitabh Bachchan

The truth has got to appear plausible on the stage

— Edward Bond

I'm a lazy actor, lazier than you would think. I don't usually do a lot of research.

— John Lithgow

One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick.

— Moss Hart

I didn't want a big, dramatic wedding, but loads of drama happened anyway.

— Rupali Ganguly

I have no personal interest or gain from this , I am just an actor

— Sanaya Irani