Theatre Quotes · Page 52

Theatre is where I am confident and happy.

— Marian Seldes

I grew up in the theatre.

— Jeremy Piven

Thank God for the theater.

— Raul Julia

I have spent more time on stage than at home.

— Y. G. Mahendran

I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing.

— Nick Wechsler

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio

— Eli Wallach

If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

— Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Making up drama for attention is low.

— Anonymous

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.

— Steve McQueen

The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

— Christophe Honore

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long…

— Gene Barry

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

— Tony Kushner

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

— Emily Berrington

Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.

— Mason Cooley

You take advantage of your position as a famous actor to meet women.

— James Franco

I'm not the kind of actor who's going to fit well with a long-running series unless that series offers me the chance…

— Adrian Lester

“I don’t want to brag, but I’m a good actor. No matter how messed up I might be inside, nothing shows on…

— Kou Yoneda

Drama comes from characters changing. If characters stay the same and nothing changes, there's really nothing to look at.

— Cory Barlog

I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

— Clint Eastwood

I mean, I think as a composer for film, I am very frequently deferential to the drama. My motto is, 'Do no…

— Bear McCreary

I've never had stage fright, that would mean you were paralyzed like a rabbit in headlights and you wouldn't be able to…

— Tess Daly

By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

— Errol Flynn

I've always loved musical theatre. I've always been a big kind of closeted musical theatre nerd. I really have always dreamed about…

— John Gallagher, Jr

I am going to bring a more eclectic group of actors and a more eclectic group of musicians from Mana to Santana…

— George Lopez

My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was…

— Ed Gass-Donnelly

For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and…

— Matthew Lillard

The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging,…

— Kevin Chamberlin

If you're sixty-something, pushing 70, the chances of you getting a tremendously fascinating part in the movies are very low, as to…

— Brian Dennehy

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to…

— Eleanor Tomlinson

I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people…

— Colin Callender

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."

— Cillian Murphy

Actors are adults playing hide-and-ego-seek.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

I love being on stage, nothing compares to it.

— Sanam Saeed

“True love is full of drama.”

— Jamie Brenner

I have such a passion for theatre.

— Nicole Trunfio

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

— Aparshakti Khurana

All actors are self-critical.

— Skyler Samuels

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

— Anonymous