Theatre Quotes · Page 322

I trained in the theatre and I love the theatre. I get such a thrill seeing anything in the theatre.

— Ewan McGregor

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

— Gore Vidal

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor…

— Mary Astor

In TV, sometimes you get lost in the fog of the scene, and when you're working with such good actors, they can…

— Adriano Giannini

I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to go about it. That's why my ambition, initially, was…

— Mithila Palkar

I've been very fortunate to work with a lot of directors who understand that actors need to feel empowered in order to…

— John Cabrera

The stage is not for me to practice. I'm not that artist. You practice at home and when you get on stage,…

— Avery Sunshine

I am probably the only actor who came from television serials to films and was able to work in films this long.…

— Anoop Menon

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting…

— Ron Perlman

As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a…

— Elijah Wood

You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting…

— Summer Glau

Actors have a platform, especially during awards season. Which I respect. Everyone should speak out. Here's the thing: When it comes to…

— Dwayne Johnson

In theater, you really work out the kinks and figure out exactly what you want to do and what we want to…

— Amber Stevens

I grew up in the '70s and in Los Angeles during the new blockbuster era. 'Star Wars' was the first film that…

— Giovanni Ribisi

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact…

— Simon Callow

I remember having friends in high school that did the theater department stuff, and I always wanted to try it but never…

— Robert Buckley

Just getting to be a part of the 'Star Wars' universe is not something most actors anticipate as part of their careers.

— Tiya Sircar

As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up…

— Matthew McConaughey

You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best…

— Aaron Tveit

Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel…

— Mignon McLaughlin

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are…

— Martin McDonagh

Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts.

— Jim McKay

The stage floor was a stage of thin ice for me to tread. To hold my own or to sink through and…

— Eartha Kitt

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company

— Tony Randall

I started backstage, making the tea, looking after the actors, doing stage management for two years.

— Rita Tushingham

I am a stage actor. I do mostly improv comedy. The only national television stuff is 'Archer' and' Frisky Dingo.'

— Amber Nash

Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and…

— Chris Pine

I think I've definitely found a niche working in comedy, but dramatic films are what brought me here. After I saw 'Titanic'…

— Carly Craig

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide…

— Ivor Novello

I was 17 when I first acted on stage. I was a part of an Urdu adaptation of 'Spartacus' in the titular role.

— Fawad Khan

To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy…

— Ashley Jensen

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in…

— Brent Spiner

Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.

— Scott Bakula

I like drama. My first movie that I did, 'Soul Survivors', was a drama, and I'm just drawn to that; that's sort…

— Melissa Sagemiller

I was a natural drama queen when I was younger. I was always doing impersonations and showing off.

— Jodie Comer

I'm doing what I love, and then I get months and months of rest. I have a lot of money for a…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I have heard stories of how the Malayali jury members trying to play down actors from our own state, stating various reasons.

— Salim Kumar

I think it's probably a normal dream for an actor to be like, 'My movie's premiered at Sundance!'

— Patti Harrison

For an actor, its great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

— Michael Douglas

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show…

— Samantha Morton