Theatre Quotes · Page 32

I'd like to do more family dramas.

— Aaron Eckhart

I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.

— Paulo Costanzo

As an actor, your body is a gift.

— Nicola Coughlan

I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.

— Adam West

We've never been outrageous on stage.

— Jake Shears

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

— Esai Morales

I gave my first stage performance at 7.

— Jonita Gandhi

I became an actor by accident.

— Christopher Walken

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

You can hardly be a classicist and not be interested in theatre.

— Mary Beard

We called 'Heavy Rain' an interactive drama, for whatever that's worth.

— David Cage

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

— Tara Strong

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I think actors' careers have highs and lows, and ups and downs. It just really all depends.

— Tricia Helfer

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

— Jason Reitman

It was not a conscious decision to become an actor.

— Ishita Dutta

With the films I've done, I've written on them, I've acted in some of them. And even ones I haven't acted in,…

— Rob Reiner

Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that…

— John DiMaggio

Let me tell you a little secret: There are no bad actors. There are none. You have to find the right role.…

— Geneva Carr

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will…

— Sarah Bernhardt

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded…

— Penelope Keith

I throw dignity out the window, and just become a creature of the moment on the stage. I act like I'd never…

— Wayne White

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money…

— Gaby Hoffmann

The process of finding an actor is always difficult and there's always so many variables that come into play. Also, actors sometimes…

— Franck Khalfoun

I don't really think about roles - "dream roles." It's always about who's gonna be the person on the screen or who's…

— Carey Mulligan

When you're directing, it is a little easier, because when you're the actor, you have a to be a little more of…

— John Turturro

“The mime must first of all be aware of this boundless contact with things. There is no insulating layer of air between…

— Keith Johnstone

The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control…

— John C. Reilly

“Emotional intentionality is not about manipulating the actors in your play to create the right scene. It is about improvising and getting…

— Danielle LaPorte

Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched…

— Chris Pine

Maybe the actors that used to turn down William Goldman's scripts - where he wanted them to stretch and grow, and he…

— Beth Grant

When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're…

— Aja Naomi King

If you're an actor, go out and act.

— Simon McBurney

Most actors are socialists, aren't they?

— Samuel West

My main ambitions, really, are in the theatre.

— Romola Garai

I do think I'm a character actor.

— Colin Firth

I never pretended to be a great actor.

— Joel McCrea

I've been doing dramas for a long time.

— Maura Tierney

To be an actor you have to be a child.

— Paul Newman

My heroes were all in the theatre.

— Damian Lewis