Theatre Quotes · Page 331

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it…

— Joe Pantoliano

Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can…

— Ian Mckellen

When I work in a film like an actor, I do not interfere or try to use my seniority or impose anything…

— Prabhu Deva

I feel that doing theater does give you a good grounding to work on camera. The audience is the lens.

— Julian Ovenden

I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.

— Wayne Knight

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

— Malcolm McDowell

I really wished I had done the backpacking-through-Europe thing when I was younger, but I was busy doing musical theater.

— Annie Wersching

Getting bad reviews or doing something thats not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me…

— Greta Gerwig

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what…

— Michael J. Bassett

I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which…

— Florence Welch

I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered…

— Rainn Wilson

For movies, you need to come up with a movie that is only possible to screen in the theater, which legitimizes the…

— Fedor Bondarchuk

When an actor gets a role, especially in series television where he really is the part, the audience never thinks of another…

— Robert Picardo

I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be…

— Robbie Rist

No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low…

— Winona Ryder

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. A lot of Hollywood films tend…

— David Yates

I get scared of such love where people come out of the theatre and say, 'This is the best work of Anubav…

— Anubhav Sinha

People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now...…

— Danny Aiello

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what…

— Ricky Jay

I've read about actors trying to prevent their kids from getting into it, and I think that's from what they themselves experienced…

— Dan Levy

Everybody wants to go see the big hit [at the theatre]. Not because it's any good. Because it's the big hit and…

— Edward Albee

For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period…

— Haley Bennett

The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all…

— Joel Coen

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of…

— Anjelica Huston

I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as…

— John Tiffany

The reason I became an actor was applause and being the center of attention. So, short of that, Twitter is probably a…

— Phil Dunster

Actors are really vulnerable. They're like laying themselves out for you, and you can serve them or not serve them. And in…

— Kelly Reichardt

The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off…

— Tim Curry

These actors who were in 'Dope' are the actors I want to continue to collaborate and make films with from here on…

— Rick Famuyiwa

To come to the theatre, people have to make arrangements, change their clothes, find a babysitter, find a parking space - and…

— Haris Pasovic

For an actor, his job becomes easy, when his character is described well on the paper. With a well-written role, it becomes…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

I like the show [Factor] because it's horny, but it's not skeevy. Where else are you going to get that nowadays?

— Dennis Miller

When I choose a script, I ensure that I get to contribute to the film in some way and, in turn, grow…

— Sai Pallavi

I'm happy to try any genre, from drama to comedy and anything in between. Although, to be fair, for most of my…

— Chris Pratt

I'm a dramatist, so I really always wrote and directed at the same time because when I wrote something, I always put…

— Adriana Trigiani

Twinkle's role has made me so popular that wherever I go, people instantly call me Twinkle. I believe, for an actor, this…

— Jasmin Bhasin

I've always loved acting but never thought I could do theatre because I got the worst stage fright ever.

— Daisy Lowe

I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors…

— Julianne Moore

I've always been embarrassed by that side of my reputation, my focus has always been the music or piece of theatre or…

— David Essex