Theatre Quotes · Page 263

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

— Kevin Costner

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

— Ron Livingston

After a theatre run, it took me a long time to start drinking again during the day.

— Anonymous

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

— Rebecca Hall

I know what it's like to be brought up by actors and writers.

— Abi Morgan

I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.

— Marcello Mastroianni

The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful.

— Peter Brook

I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama.

— Kaya Scodelario

Until recently, Hollywood offered only a handful of roles to actors of color. The majority of my opportunities have fallen into two…

— Baron Vaughn

I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

— Kathleen Battle

I have noticed that in plays where the characters on stage laugh a great deal, the people out front laugh very little.

— Jean Kerr

I can be rather obsessive - especially when it comes to breaking through to the next level as an actor.

— Alex Sharp

It's weird... I've been an actor for a long time and you can walk around more or less anonymously.

— Ian McElhinney

I grew up on such a small island, and professional theater seemed so far away. I never, ever thought I'd get so…

— Samantha Barks

As an actor, your whole body needs to be expressive, and unless you know the language, your expressions will not match the…

— Shweta Tripathi

I am very keen to take on a 'West End' show soon, as I haven't done much theatre, and that would be…

— Eugene Simon

As an actor, having to portray a real-life person of extreme talent is fine as long as you're not playing the part…

— Adrian Lester

The best actors just stay in the moment,and whatever happens in the scene is a genuine surprise. You really do not know…

— Lee Grant

When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back…

— Moshe Kasher

I forget who said it, but someone said, your job as an actor is to communicate the most honest version of this…

— John Krasinski

'Blackbird' is the only one I've ever wanted to redo. It just haunted me, this play. There was a sense of unfinished…

— Joe Mantello

Models have a stigma that they can't act. You're also, to be quite blunt, you're tall and not a lot of actors…

— Tricia Helfer

When I went to college I majored in theater with an emphasis on acting. I realized kind of quickly after college you…

— Edi Patterson

The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Some situations recognize me as a good actor though I want to be true to everyone!”

— Nelson Jack

I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor.

— Ray Liotta

If you are changing yourself with every film, you will be exhausted as an actor.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

— Jason Robards

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

— Rene Marie

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

— Mae West

I'm the kind of actor who truly believes that every play is a company play.

— Jason Butler Harner

I spent two years trying to get into drama school.

— Rege-Jean Page

Actors too need directors who can fire their imagination. The fire needs to be stoked.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

— Quentin Tarantino

There are so many good actors who just keep waiting for good opportunities.

— Vikram Bhatt

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

— Michelle Visage

Contrary to popular belief, actors are extremely supportive of each other.

— Prunella Scales

The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there...

— Simon McBurney

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

— Tom Ellis