Theatre Quotes · Page 506

Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.

— Rob Corddry

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily…

— Robin Wright

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

— Jason Robards

If there's something you need to get done, don't make it a drama. It's much more enjoyable without it.

— Jon Mead

Songs from the theatre can be taken and put on record in a commercial and contemporary way, be reinvented and become standout…

— Michael Ball

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm…

— Robin Williams

I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

— James McAvoy

One does not go to the theater to escape from himself, but to reestablish contact with the mystery that we all are.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Just giving the people a great show, leaving it all on the stage. Like when I'm finished I don't want to go…

— Snoop Dogg

When I was a young actor, I just didn’t understand how to function in this business as an artist. It is a…

— James Franco

You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at…

— Leslie Nielsen

I think people think I'm accessible. I'm never treated as a star, either by fans or other actors, and I like it…

— Kate Mulgrew

Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only…

— Tom Stoppard

My strongest quality as an actor is taking direction. I will give my performance as a template and if the director gives…

— James Preston Rogers

Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I do, it's…

— Mara Wilson

There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good,…

— Dave Gahan

I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't…

— Juliette Lewis

Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.

— Joe Thomas

It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk…

— Nicholas Brendon

During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of…

— Jack Davenport

I never really dreamed of becoming an actor because I've seen how hard it is within the deaf community.

— Lauren Ridloff

Once cannot know if the film is going to be a hit or not so as an actor I choose films that…

— Ayesha Takia

Garry Shandling was an actor's actor. He really cares about the performance. It was really interesting to watch him talk about motives…

— Bruce Greenwood

Within a safe environment, the theater, you can have a big ride, big ups and downs, intensity, warmth, humanity, laughs, tears -…

— Travis Knight

As an actor, you can't say, "I'm going to try to be cool at all cost when I do this," because that's…

— Tim McGraw

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to…

— Kerry Washington

I like the theater enormously, but I truly love films - the whole bizarre, boring process that it can be.

— Minnie Driver

On stage, I have felt most fulfilled as a playwright, for everything I create gets to grow and evolve with collaboration from…

— Colman Domingo

I guess [Richard] Pryor was that good. I never saw him in a theater, but I imagine he was that good, because…

— Norm MacDonald

People say they don't see it but when I was little in junior college, I was a drama queen. I just demanded…

— Cordarrelle Patterson

In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!

— Meaghan Jette Martin

I love working with actors who will just go, 'Oh O.K., let's try it and see where it goes,' and 'Let's see…

— George C. Wolfe

I have to say, speaking from experience, just because an actor starts out in a role in the workshop, they won't necessarily…

— Megan Hilty

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which…

— Arbaaz Khan

With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there.

— Andrew Haigh

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest…

— Sarah Ruhl

“The theatre is an attack on mankind carried on by magic: to victimize an audience every night, to make them laugh and…

— Iris Murdoch

I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to…

— Christopher Walken

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje