Theatre Quotes · Page 76

I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

— Ingrid Bergman

I always come back to acting.

— Bill Pullman

You cannot have the drama without comedy.

— Tommy Wiseau

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

— James Lipton

Actors are very generous.

— Blythe Danner

Theatre is immediate gratification

— Chita Rivera

“Our stage is set by love.”

— Laura Chouette

We earn quite a lot through stage shows.

— Rahul Vaidya

As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

— Hugo Weaving

There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up

— Jemaine Clement

I love the stage, but it doesn't pay the mortgage.

— David Harewood

Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show.

— Nick Drake

I don't think you can ever leave the stage easily.

— Sylvie Guillem

The art of acting is act like you are not acting

— Cotn Dlvx

My dream is to play Coachella, main stage, when the sun's going down.

— Joshua Ostrander

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

— Benicio Del Toro

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course…

— Cecily Strong

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen…

— Alaina Huffman

It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if…

— Jon Glaser

I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.

— Ryan Eggold

I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I…

— Zazie Beetz

I'd love to think that people in the future would gather in theatres, at conventions, and in darkened rooms, and read it…

— Neil Gaiman

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my…

— Atom Egoyan

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I think, in our life I think that when you are an actor, when you are a producer, you have to be…

— Sophia Loren

Interpreting gives me a chance to do what I do well and have done since I was a kid. At one time,…

— Jack Jason

Here's a certainty: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection. You say what…

— Michael Wolff

If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for.…

— Dylan Sprouse

As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a…

— Harold Ramis

The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where…

— Christopher Nolan

People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm…

— Bruce Hornsby

In all my movies, there's always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able…

— Shawn Levy

The actors I admire are character actors.

— Chaske Spencer

To any aspiring actor, go and train yourself.

— Abby Brammell

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

— Harry Connick, Jr

When I started out I was a failed actor.

— David Mamet

You never know the depth of an actor.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I have big, big stage fright.

— Andrea Bocelli

I've gone past the stage where I feel pressure.

— Mats Wilander

I never had an acting lesson.

— Sondra Locke