Theatre Quotes · Page 40

The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.

— Placido Domingo

I am not that big a method actor.

— Ram Charan

I did little theater things growing up.

— Jody Hill

I needed to be an actor more than anything.

— David Jason

I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

— Denzel Whitaker

Theater is like going to the gym for actors.

— Julia Stiles

I had no sympathy for drama queens.

— Gillian Flynn

Acting is hard enough in English.

— Greta Lee

I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often.

— Lindsay Mendez

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I'd come up with one leg in theater, but never my first leg. I loved the camera too much.

— Tim Matheson

Doing theatre in Delhi didn't guarantee success in Mumbai.

— Neena Gupta

“The verge, he likes to say. That's where we want them, the utter, utter verge.”

— Kathe Koja

To be recognized by your fellow actors, that's real special.

— Ariana DeBose

The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.

— Marisa Coughlan

Among the actors, I think my name has been misused the maximum number of times in the industry.

— Riya Sen

I'd taken, like, maybe some African dance classes a couple of times, but I wasn't a musical theater person at all.

— Chadwick Boseman

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I…

— Cilla Black

It's cold out there, colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.

— Tom Waits

When I find those actors who are going to work that hard and collaborate that deeply, my role is to make sure…

— Debra Granik

Just growing up on 'Friday Night Lights,' other dramas, that kind of shaped my childhood. The fact that I can have one…

— Spencer Paysinger

Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

And I think 'Offspring' has given me that opportunity to really appreciate the audience and want to entertain them and make it…

— Asher Keddie

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life…

— James D'arcy

“In theatre, the main objective is to make the art happy, not the audience! If you have to choose between the audience…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor.…

— Dominique McElligott

“This is not a place where theater is a tool for telling stories about God. This is a stage where the craft…

— Aaron Hartzler

A lot of people think that, as actors, we have an endless supply of money, and you don't. It comes in waves,…

— Tinsel Korey

In the theater, which is a sort of jungle, one does have to be a little bit careful. One mustn't be so…

— Edward Albee

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just…

— Olivia Williams

My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right…

— John Michael Higgins

I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was…

— Bronagh Gallagher

I became a dancer late and an actor late.

— Mads Mikkelsen

I do believe all actors are smart.

— Ron Silver

I’m really alive when I’m on stage,

— Rudolf Nureyev

I think theater is a core need of a community.

— Sam Underwood

I want to go back into acting again.

— Tulisa

I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.

— Ian McShane

Every kid's dream is to be a great actor.

— Matthew Lillard

As an actor, everyone wants to grow.

— Pulkit Samrat