Theatre Quotes · Page 70

The stock actor is a stage calamity

— George Bernard Shaw

Get out on the stage of life.

— Cliffie Stone

I've always been in institutional theater.

— Sam Wanamaker

Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

— Ernie Hudson

I don't want to limit myself as an actor alone.

— Salim Kumar

As an actor, your body is an instrument.

— Stacy Martin

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.

— Michael J. Fox

I sort of fell into acting.

— Colin Donnell

Theatre sports is the best improv training period

— Wayne Brady

Drama asks some uncomfortable questions at times... It goes to pretty dark places.

— James Nesbitt

Actually, I didn't take up acting. Rather, acting chose me.

— Poonam Dhillon

I don't want to become an item girl, I want to be an actor and want to remain so.

— Sana Khan

“I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it!”

— Victor Mature

Acting brings up a lot of the past. I use my memories, whether they're good or bad.

— Barry Keoghan

I'm not one of those actors who can complain that work's thinned out since I've got older.

— Geraldine James

As an actor, it's your job to switch on and off from the character.

— Prateik Babbar

Working-class actors have no identity. Our identity is playing every single poor person on 'Game Of Thrones.'

— Jessica Barden

I've always wanted to be an actor. I didn't get into this game to be the best improviser in the world. I…

— Rob Corddry

As for Bollywood, actors are no longer typecast there and I'm happy to be in that phase where the industry is evolving…

— Abhimanyu Singh

TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.

— Roger Avary

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

— Kit Harington

If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that…

— Al Pacino

I am an actor, and that's the most important thing to me. I cannot imagine a life where I would be anything…

— Karan Patel

As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant.…

— Albert Brooks

I loved being in the theater. It was a place of enormous excitement and happiness and safety and respect and dignity. It…

— Joel Grey

A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off,…

— Jacki Weaver

We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare…

— Aleksey Igudesman

There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've…

— Scott Speedman

I'm always thinking I'm messing up. I did a lot of classes. I can't stand being on stage or the only one…

— Travis Fimmel

You see somebody like Olivia Colman and say, 'Okay, she's really great at comedy - I wonder if she can do drama?'…

— Paterson Joseph

As an actor, you should always keep your trump card hidden from your audience. I want the audience to keep expecting more…

— Rithvik Dhanjani

When I was a freshman, I didn't have that much time for extra-curriculars, so I didn't do any theater stuff. Actually, I…

— Shanley Caswell

You hate drama? Cool, stop starting it.

— Anonymous

I am a musician who started acting.

— Shruti Haasan

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

— Edward Norton

I would totally love to do theater.

— Emma Kenney

A lot of good actors are turning to TV.

— Jason Statham

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

— Peter Scolari

In the theater, every play is special.

— Robert Beltran

I always wanted to be a great actor.

— Sally Field