Theatre Quotes · Page 359

I am a greedy actor in the sense that I like the big bites. Put a big fat steak in front of…

— Tyne Daly

I think my advice to other actors would be to get in classes. Get out in front of people. Put up scenes…

— Chelsea Kane

The theater is the place where people create ideas and send messages out, and you learn, and I think it's a fair…

— Joel Grey

A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an…

— Karl Shapiro

The old cliché in theater is, if you’re nervous, pick up a prop, which will immediately take you outside of your mind.

— Jesse Eisenberg

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job.

— Matt Dillon

I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are…

— Verne Troyer

There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to…

— Shawn Mendes

To be honest, I'm probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I've got some things…

— Sharlto Copley

Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested…

— Bruce Dern

It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my…

— Allison Tolman

It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret;…

— Jed Mercurio

There's just something about getting up, putting it out there, and getting this exchange of energy. Whether your audience is a camera…

— Lauren Bowles

I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But…

— Amanda Schull

We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the…

— Ivan Reitman

Acting is not in the blood. My parents weren't actors, but I imagine that if you've been brought up with actors, you…

— Eileen Atkins

I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes.

— Thomas Howes

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

— Denzel Washington

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

— Preston Sturges

It is not easy for a dancer to be accepted as an actor. But I worked my way up through hard work…

— Prabhu Deva

It's always a good collaboration between the actor and the writer and the director to try stuff out, during the process.

— Mark Consuelos

I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get…

— Jane Campion

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little…

— Denzel Washington

I have been very fortunate that the Punjabi audience connected with me so well. Otherwise female actors are not repeated much in…

— Neeru Bajwa

Ninety percent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

— Natalie Portman

Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context.

— Helen Mirren

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I…

— Peter Falk

I always wanted to make a living as an actor living in New York. A New York actor. What's better than that?

— Bobby Cannavale

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor…

— Robert Downey, Jr

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a…

— Nina Arianda

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

— Rupert Sanders

I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with…

— Sam Shepard

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything…

— William Devane

Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break…

— Divyanka Tripathi

I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.

— Jeremy Northam

There's some part of me, as an actor, that likes attention and validation, but on any given day, depending on the style…

— Matt McGorry

I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to…

— Taissa Farmiga

So long as the desires of freedom, peace, and to know stuff exists it will eventually beget drama.

— Isaiah Harden