Theatre Quotes · Page 317

I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely…

— Mila Kunis

I played Tina Denmark in Ruthless the Musical when I was 9 at the Theatre on Broadway in Denver.

— Annaleigh Ashford

I can't really define myself as a dramatist or as an actor or as someone who is interested in music.

— Robert Lepage

As an actor, you always want to try new things, so the fact that they set it up so that you can…

— Mark Consuelos

I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I…

— Darren Aronofsky

I was a dramatic kid. I remember, I was very young, and once I knew what I wanted to do I, like,…

— Jessica Chastain

I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see…

— Michael Moore

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.

— Angad Bedi

You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage…

— Sean Penn

I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then…

— Rachael Harris

If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking…

— Lynn Nottage

If a person just takes what is socio-political and geographical from the themes of my films then that's not enough. But if…

— Elia Suleiman

Although the need or demand for a lead actor and actress will never fade in the Bollywood film industry, character roles have…

— Supriya Pathak

In rehearsals I get so completely wrapped up with the reality that's occurring on stage that by the time the play has…

— Edward Albee

If I were twenty or thirty years younger, I would start afresh in this field with the certainty of accomplishing much. But…

— Eleanora Duse

You fight for certain roles, and you realise they're being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for…

— Richard Armitage

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

— Charles Saatchi

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater…

— Alan Rickman

It's good to have a crossover cast in films. It brings larger audiences as each actor brings along their fans and viewers.

— Bhumika Chawla

Any time you cast an actor, you don't just cast that actor; you cast all their other performances as well.

— Sonya Walger

A stage show's popularity depends on its organisers and the public, but primarily on the performer.

— Shefali Zariwala

In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into…

— Orson Welles

It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.

— Kaya Scodelario

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the…

— Jay Maisel

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just…

— Peter Berg

“What are all the thoughts rattling in your mind when you're not listening to the answers to questions you ask?" -Jo, Boom”

— Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it.

— Eileen Atkins

I have done comedy on stage so when I got the chance to do it in cinema, I was extremely thrilled.

— Atul Kulkarni

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man…

— Hayley Atwell

Now that I am an actor (if you can call me that) I still watch movies with the same childlike enthusiasm.

— Saqib Saleem

When you come into a movie theatre, there are no windows, you don't hear the sound outside and you're ready for fantasy.

— Bertrand Bonello

You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement…

— Stephen Daldry

When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on.…

— Steve Guttenberg

I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.

— Paul Bettany

You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being…

— Robert Maillet

In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and…

— Juliet Stevenson

I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and…

— Vagit Alekperov

All Blaxploitation is, is the opportunity for an African-American cast or lead actor or actress to do the same things that a…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I started out as a dancer and an actor, and I need to remind myself that I can still do theatre.

— Caroline Quentin

Every department from the director to the art takes their time to set up, similarly as an actor it is your responsibility…

— Tripti Dimri