Theatre Quotes · Page 278

In a way yes, I do 3-4 films a year, and I have dialogues and punches that somewhere become similar, but in…

— Binnu Dhillon

Allow the emptiness inherent within actions and experiences to guide and shape your choices. Let your actions direct you, the actor, not…

— Frederick Lenz

I'm from the old school of actors who are convinced too much exposure on TV isn't good for a long career.

— Van Heflin

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en…

— Emmanuelle Seigner

Over the years, I've not had the courage to get into theatre, but after I did my first play, 'The Perfect Husband,'…

— Poonam Dhillon

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or…

— Arthur Miller

I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.

— Billy Eichner

There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.

— Annaleigh Ashford

A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable…

— Zephyr Teachout

I started in theatre, moved into film and television, and started doing voice work, which is funny because after a long time…

— Linda Cardellini

When I was in junior high, a foreign-history teacher started a theater class. So I got my feet wet there and through…

— Dwight Yoakam

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. Its unbelievable the kind of…

— Michael Moriarty

You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird…

— Sherilyn Fenn

There was a point a few years ago where I realized I started out playing boys on camera and stage, and then…

— Pamela Adlon

When you're on stage performing stand-up, things only happen one time. I've done bits where I improv a joke, and people are…

— J. B. Smoove

People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're…

— Martin Landau

Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm…

— Viggo Mortensen

I've been getting in trouble my whole life and I really don't care what anybody thinks of what I do on stage…

— Andrew Dice Clay

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for…

— Mark Webber

I set a goal for myself in being an actor and moving out to L.A., and I really felt I had achieved…

— Nick Gehlfuss

Most actors will tell you, when they've got emotional stuff that's hard to carry around for hours and hard to try to…

— Jeff Perry

I feel as though, as an actor, you can only make brave choices when you're acting with people that you're so relaxed…

— Jaime Murray

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To…

— Paul Haggis

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

— John Lydon

Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.

— Del Close

It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is.

— Jon Tenney

“I want to suggest performance as lived reality, the site of performance being located neither 'inside' nor 'outside,' but at a threshold,…

— Anaïs Duplan

The access to the arts is a privilege we have being in London. It's a rich, very rich city, and my theater…

— Naomi Ackie

Once I start shooting I forget the scriptwriter in me. I like things flowing. If you have talented actors who bring their…

— Fatih Ak?n

As an actor, you don't want to say, 'I'm going to be loud and big.' Because that looks awful; that looks fake.

— Alan Tudyk

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

— Matthew Lewis

I was doing drama and I wasn't sporty or cool I think there's definitely something about being an outsider and getting into…

— Phoebe Dynevor

Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

— Audra McDonald

In the theatre, every form once born is mortal; every form must be reconceived, and its new conception will bear the marks…

— Peter Brook

When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone…

— Jason Bateman

“Siskel's Saw. "It's amazing how many movies are not as interesting as a documentary of the same actors sitting around talking over…

— Roger Ebert

Everyone's so used to taking care of actors and directors, but people in the crew are there the longest and working the…

— Amy Landecker

When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to…

— Ansel Elgort

“Nobody enjoys being on display," said Isabel. But then she thought: Some do, and so she added, "Except actors. And narcissists.”

— Alexander McCall Smith