Theatre Quotes · Page 502

If we talk about character actors they are always in demand. Actress like Aruna Irani will always be needed in a script.

— Sudha Chandran

I consider those actors who amaze me are somehow less attractive to me than those actors who move me.

— Robert Lansing

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a…

— Harvey Fierstein

You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of -…

— Jim Gaffigan

I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to…

— Kelly McGillis

A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle.

— Laila Robins

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the…

— Tallulah Bankhead

Even if actors ask for more money, will producers fulfill their demands? They might just show us the door.

— Amruta Khanvilkar

I don't really write with living actors in mind. I guess I write for dead actors. I'll think of like, you know,…

— Brian Helgeland

“That's how it is: even in the throes of death, man is always on stage. And even 'the plainest' of them, the…

— Milan Kundera

What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When…

— Alan Alda

My advice to young actors is very simple: don't forget to have children. When you get caught up in your career, it's…

— Geraldine James

All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really.…

— Paddy Considine

As an actor what you're always looking for is a character that is going to grow and change especially on television. I…

— Jennifer Morrison

The fact is that 'The Wizard Of Oz' has never really worked in the theatre. The film has one or two holes…

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they…

— Natalie Portman

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

— Vanessa Redgrave

It's funny how you can say performing is in the blood, and if I'm considered a performer being an actor, then it's…

— Kelvin Fletcher

I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I…

— Roger Rees

There's an alchemy that happens in my eyes when you mix it up, when you have a seasoned actor on set and…

— Sean Baker

I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got…

— Eric McCormack

I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was…

— Adan Canto

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

— Aprilynne Pike

Comedy is harder than drama, because with comedy you're expecting a result..you make them laugh. [If] they ain't laughing then you're screwed.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that…

— Rita Ora

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles…

— Gregg Henry

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.

— Shelley Conn

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is…

— Tino Sehgal

“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,…

— Val Holley

I would take a bed sheet and go to the cinema theatre, spread the sheet outside and lie there and 'listen' to…

— Samuthirakani

I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the…

— Tony Robinson

I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not…

— DeForest Kelley

As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character…

— Hafthor Bjornsson

I started doing musical theatre when I was six years old. It was all I ever wanted to do - my mother…

— Myha'la

The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their…

— Mike Leigh

I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts…

— Derek Cianfrance

When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own…

— Iwan Rheon

I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by…

— Conrad Veidt

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject…

— Juliette Binoche