Theatre Quotes · Page 255

I don't know if I have really made it as an actor. I don't even look at it that way.

— Naveen Andrews

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

— Jacky Ickx

I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on 'Hollyoaks.'

— Nathalie Emmanuel

During theatre, I had never faced problems with my lines and I was very proud of myself.

— Anupriya Goenka

As a sensible actor, I can easily judge which scene looks vulgar and which will look aesthetic.

— Gautam Rode

“If we let the drama of others’ lives become our own, then we are no longer ourselves.”

— Stephen Richards

When I left drama school I was prepped to be in shows and tour around England by van.

— Josh O'Connor

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Outside football, I like to go to musicals or the theatre. My favourite one is the 'Jersey Boys.'

— Mousa Dembele

For us, our stage is always what it is. It's not about reaching the broadest audience as it's about doing quality work.

— Matt Sydal

It's not often as an actor you get to be involved with a project that seems to be on the right side…

— Justin Bartha

I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the…

— Vin Diesel

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me…

— David Bowie

It was spring break, so the theater was always packed with high schools students. It was an animal house. I wanted to…

— Haruki Murakami

I feel like any time you, as an actor, can be surrounded by other amazing actors, you can't do anything but grow.

— Anonymous

My parents thought if they put me in drama classes, I might come out of my shell. It worked, and I've acted…

— Samara Weaving

I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer…

— Henry Cho

When you do television, you're filming out of sequence sometimes. You have to ground yourself very quickly in the character and in…

— Adrienne C. Moore

If you want to be an actor, you should just get out there and do it. I don't go for the approach…

— Bill Nunn

It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting…

— William Kircher

I moved to New York after college. I wanted to pursue acting and theater, and I started doing more on-camera stuff -…

— Ariana Madix

There's a lot of great, talented, passionate musical theatre practitioners and directors here. But it's very hard to suddenly start building great…

— Tim Minchin

I think what I loved in cinema - and what I mean by cinema is not just films, but proper, classical cinema…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are…

— Paolo Sorrentino

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

— Peter Capaldi

I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

— Robert Emms

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

— Janel Parrish

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

— Jon Hamm

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

— Russell Crowe

It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.

— Janet Varney

Even Jon Jones and Mike Tyson used to get a lot of drama.

— Merab Dvalishvili

Drama, they say they hate it, but they create it!

— Sydney Rogers

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

A film is made for actors and actresses, not for singers.

— Javed Ali

I got to work with great actors like J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. They were amazing.

— Isabela Moner

I hate drama, especially when its in your own clique.

— Anonymous

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

— Laurence Fishburne

Theatre should remain accessible even to those of us who have health condition.

— Liz Carr

Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?

— Lena Dunham

I write tragedies and things when I'm alone. Chekhovian dramas.

— Julian Barratt