Theatre Quotes · Page 253

In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.

— William Mapother

Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.

— Emo Philips

Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.

— Tom Baker

There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater.

— Patrick Wilson

I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.

— Amy Ryan

I love England, the people, the parks, the theatre.

— Woody Harrelson

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

— Sylvester Stallone

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

— David Twohy

My grooming as an actor took place after working with top directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, BR Chopra and Shakti Samantha.

— Asrani

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At…

— Audrey Hepburn

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there…

— Bill Forsyth

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.

— Francis Ford Coppola

But it would be churlish of me not to appreciate what it's brought me. If a good number of people come into…

— Patricia Routledge

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things…

— Stephen Lang

I wanted to be a star. I wanted to become a dancing star but didn't think I would become an actor.

— Radhika Madan

I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.

— Erika Slezak

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and…

— Michael Caine

One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I…

— Deepa Mehta

Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I…

— Kirk Douglas

A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera…

— Eddie Redmayne

I always do casting for every role, even if it's just one sentence. I like to work with theater actors because they're…

— Maren Ade

I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do…

— Katherine Waterston

I did 'I'd Do Anything,' and then a play and then 'A Little Light Music.' I played jazz in a night club…

— Jessie Buckley

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you…

— Diego Luna

I've always loved musical theatre. It's my favorite thing in the world to do.

— Judy Norton

I am not a good actor. There is much more to do and learn.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

— W. H. Auden

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

— Ana Gasteyer

In London, theatregoers expect to laugh; in Paris, they wait grimly for proof that they should.

— Robert Dhery

It was great to play for a live audience on a stage.

— John Lloyd Young

Of course I am an actor but I consider myself as an entertainer as well.

— Varun Sharma

For me, it was a choice between band and drama - and I hated the band teacher.

— Lucy Deakins

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

— John Cariani

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

— Nikki Cox

“I’m sorry, but this is musical theater, guys. Okay? You’ve just got to do it all.”

— Michael Sokolove

I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk.

— Michael Keaton

But TV and movie schedules are always easier than a theater schedule, if you have a family.

— Dana Reeve

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

— Bruce Forsyth

I prefer the paycheck of television and the experience of theater.

— Deirdre Lovejoy

Notice how the girls who say they hate drama the most are the most involved in it.

— Anonymous