Theatre Quotes · Page 258

I believe in doing roles that make me explore new terrain as an actor.

— Vatsal Sheth

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

— Larenz Tate

We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set.

— Peter Farrelly

Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.

— Jason Statham

I used to do comedy during my theatre days, and I was good at that.

— Pankaj Tripathi

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors.

— Alice Bailey

Being an actor is like being a monk: you have got to be dedicated.

— David Jason

I'm not sure people even think of me as an actor at all.

— James Corden

The dramatist's function is (1) to earn a living for his family and himself and (2) to try to entertain people for…

— Lee Adams

I'm not a classically trained actor, but I've been given a lot of opportunities along the way to kind of figure it…

— Bridget Everett

I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.

— Vincent Schiavelli

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a…

— Demetri Martin

Content is getting its due respect. Our audience wants to see characters on screen and want to see actors play new roles,…

— Rajkummar Rao

Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're…

— Ellen Pompeo

We have a lot of relationships to the gatekeepers who can rally their people to go to the movie theater. It's a…

— David A. R. White

I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think…

— David Schwimmer

One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get…

— James Brolin

As an actor, you don't want to ever get too comfortable where you're like, "I know this character," and you don't do…

— Shanola Hampton

Music is contagious and everywhere and democratic, and that's what drew me in. I was interested in acting and being a director,…

— Christine and the Queens

I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're…

— Hugh Jackman

I think having worked in a department store setting, if my life had not taken a drastically different turn when I became…

— Cory Monteith

As an actor, you accept that you have to publicise what you do, but as for the whole personal life thing that…

— Michelle Fairley

Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director…

— Terrence McNally

Romance-comedy films usually get led by the main actor and main actress, just the two of them. Indeed, I was not sure…

— Joo Won

I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

— Don Rickles

It's less frightening to do television, theatre is very nerve-wracking, very raw.

— Helen Baxendale

I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.

— Michael Madsen

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

— Gene Simmons

USC Film School always had a real sense of drama and lineage.

— Robert Zemeckis

I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?

— Sakshi Tanwar

I'm an actor, after all, and I need to be able to pay my rent.

— Wunmi Mosaku

I don't think of myself as an actor. I just happen to be a guy who acted in a movie.

— Ken Wahl

I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors.

— Matt Dillon

I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.

— Roger Rees

For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor.

— Vicky Kaushal

As you grow, you keep working on your craft and keep getting better as an actor.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in.

— Michael Arden

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

— Russell Peters

I made my first foray into acting with a Bengali film 'Gane Bhuban Bhariye Debo.'

— Kumar Sanu

To be a good actor you have to feel life and observe life.

— Lane Garrison