Theatre Quotes · Page 478

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

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

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many,…

— Timothy Olyphant

You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.

— Kenneth Haigh

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill…

— Rupert Friend

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four…

— Lake Bell

I knew how to act and had studied acting and enjoyed it, but I'd never pushed myself to really perform as an…

— Eli Roth

When you say what is the difference between me and my stage name the idea is that as a musician you always…

— DJ Spooky

Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that…

— Christopher Nolan

Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that…

— Simon Hoggart

Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theater (actors, direction, etc...) and use the camera in order to…

— Robert Bresson

I think there's an essential problem in movies and TV that I think a lot of people experience now: Audiences are way…

— Michael Angarano

Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed…

— Mekhi Phifer

There's so much confidence and freedom that comes from that way of doing things. Robert Altman and Alan Rudolph make the set…

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

This business is filled with really talented actors, and I'm sure there's a lot of guys out there who could have also…

— Elden Henson

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a…

— Marisa Tomei

My comedy is about nothing. I do it because I feel less inadequate on stage moving about than I do off stage…

— Lee Evans

In regard to performing, it couldn't be funnier that I ended up being an actor, because I'm really shy. Unless I'm really…

— Dylan O'Brien

The most important thing you can do as an actor is bring as much of yourself to the character to ground the…

— Michael Kelly

Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it.

— Michael Pena

I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it.

— Justin Chon

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.

— Tom Hanks

It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at.

— Henry Cavill

The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football…

— John Malkovich

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I…

— Idris Elba

Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.

— Paul Morrissey

In drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different…

— Lance Reddick

Over the course of a day, you get to get a feel for where you're playing, so when you get out on…

— David Nail

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe…

— Mignon McLaughlin

If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot.

— Romola Garai

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden…

— Debbie Allen

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

— Sarah Caldwell

I always wanted to do theatre but never really took it up, as I was more inclined towards dance and films.

— Amruta Khanvilkar

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes…

— Stephen Sondheim

I worked out that you could have an interplay of comedy and theatre and achieve more than the sum of its parts.

— Nick Mohammed

When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other…

— Alex O'Loughlin

After working with so many great actors and acting students in film school, it was a whole other thing working with Luke…

— Paul Dalio

Because I like theatre and I love a challenge. With 'ZEBRA!' I've found a new Australian play where I can create a…

— Bryan Brown

It's always fun to do action and explosion, but I really enjoyed directing the emotion of the actors.

— Roel Reine