Theatre Quotes · Page 437

In a way, putting actors deep into this sort of complicated universe frees them from thinking about who they should be. They…

— Michel Gondry

People forgot I was an actor before gaining success in anchoring. That was one of the turning phases of my career.

— Mandira Bedi

Walk away from all the pointless drama and people who create it , surround yourself with people who make you laugh, happy…

— Nishan Panwar

When I'm on stage, I feel like a performer, for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures and…

— Carrie Underwood

I must have worked with over 100 actors, but I think there are four to five names I count on my fingers…

— Jasmin Bhasin

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she…

— Mahira Khan

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And…

— Anne Hathaway

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly…

— Sam Mendes

The skill set that I think we have as actors is so cool because they train you in ways that you never…

— Jason Mitchell

I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage…

— Justin Nozuka

I love my job, I love being an actor and stepping into the shoes of different characters and exploring their lives. It's…

— Hilary Swank

I'm not experienced enough, or certain enough of my acting on the screen to say to a director, "You are wrong, I…

— Ian Mckellen

I proceeded to prove everybody right as to how bad an economics student I was by failing as an assistant manager in…

— William Shatner

So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in…

— Linda Lavin

Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the…

— Laurence Olivier

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit…

— Orlando Bloom

The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at…

— Pierce Brosnan

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

— Jim Broadbent

I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.

— Helen Mirren

There's something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy;…

— Daniel Dae Kim

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which…

— Michel de Montaigne

The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked but for one reason or…

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

I never shoot my movies like I'm shooting 'a horror movie,' I shoot them like dramas. Dramas and then something horrible happens.

— Mike Flanagan

I feel that with more representation working behind the camera, the stories that are told in television, film and stage would become…

— Lauren Ridloff

In England, I've never had to drive myself to work. I don't think the English producers trust actors to get up at…

— Gina Bellman

I just want to keep getting roles that challenge me to be the best actor and the best person I can be.

— Bella Ramsey

I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a…

— Jessica Lucas

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the…

— Russell Crowe

Drama is about conflict, and it's about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about.

— Jim Beaver

You can have the best production, the best stage in the world, but without a crowd, the festival is nothing.

— Hardwell

I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.

— Alexa Vega

Your director is your main support - actors don't generally give each other advice on set, not in my experience.

— Paul Dano

Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it…

— Jaime Ray Newman

I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist…

— Idina Menzel

I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology.

— Hank Azaria

When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and…

— Joan Allen

“People that are focusing their Time and energy on creativity and living positively have no time for any drama.”

— Charles E Hudson

I think that the actors that I work with feel safer with me. Because they know I understand what they go through…

— Adrienne Shelly

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

— Michael Douglas

Actors come in, and they have their own take on things, and you have to adjust on the fly to make sure…

— John Requa