Theatre Quotes · Page 268

Thankfully I'm a better actor than football player, or at least I hope so.

— Ryan McPartlin

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

— Juno Temple

I am not a television actor, so much love coming my way makes me humble.

— Rahul Vaidya

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

— Keerthy Suresh

I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

— Ben Vereen

I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.

— Rana Daggubati

“Drama is real life – with the dull parts left out.” Alfred Hitchcock”

— Marja McGraw

But I want to be an actor who fulfills any roles assigned to me.

— Seo In-guk

I'm a kid who did stock and summer youth theater where we'd put up two shows and you had no rehearsal. I've…

— Donna Murphy

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I…

— Tatiana Maslany

I'm too grateful that I continue to grow as an actor. I hope I get better. I feel like I am. But…

— Demi Moore

I never expected to be a movie star. It's not that I didn't want to be, I didn't think about it. I…

— Billy Bob Thornton

It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a…

— Sophie Dahl

I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how people tell stories.

— Zeljko Ivanek

I think that always, as an actor, I don't want to overstep or pretend that I'm doing anything more than I'm doing.

— Timothy Olyphant

God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

— Tony Kushner

Each medium has its own beauty and way of working. While television offers immense reach and long-running shows, films are shorter and…

— Gautam Rode

My first kiss was onscreen. My character learned to drive before I did, so when they asked me to hit the mark…

— Kellie Martin

The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these…

— Randeep Hooda

I felt it was really important to come here to see what was happening in New York. So, I came to see…

— Babette Mangolte

I've learned how to be a better performer on stage and interact with the fans, make it feel like a collective experience…

— Maren Morris

Most actors try to do as many different things as possible. I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I…

— Joanne Whalley

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not…

— Nivin Pauly

We're lucky enough, especially in these 'Madagascar' films, to be working with some of the best people in the industry, who are…

— Eric Darnell

I find there aren't that many options as an actor.

— Rupert Everett

I have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor.

— Val Kilmer

I spent all of my twenties doing theater in a little 50-seat theater with my friends.

— Cameron Britton

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

— Anthony Anderson

I don't like other actors much. The industry tends to attract insecure, needy people.

— John Gordon Sinclair

Everyone has this universal understanding of roommate drama.

— Leighton Meester

On stage the spotlight is on me and I cannot afford to be shy.

— Anupam Roy

Whenever I'm doing stage, I want to be doing screen, and vice versa.

— Toby Stephens

I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job.

— Toks Olagundoye

I love political dramas. I love good story-telling.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The theater and film, they're like two completely different mediums.

— Abby Brammell

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

— Sean Connery

I was the only person in a class of 12 in theatre school who played hockey.

— Noah Reid

I love living on that stage. Without that, Id die.

— Celia Cruz

The last thing you want is an injured actor. That, or having to use a stuntman too much.

— Wade Eastwood

I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

— Alexis Bledel