Actor Quote by Adrian Dunbar

We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

— Randeep Hooda

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

— Roger Rees

There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing up, but…

— Garry Hynes

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

— Elizabeth Olsen

My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in…

— Matt Ross

Someone told me about drama schools, and they seemed like mythological places - you can really go and be in drama classes all day?…

— Nick Moran

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.

— August Wilson

I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given…

— Alfred Lunt

Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company, and later, my degree course, all helped form my love of telling stories and directing.

— Justin Chadwick

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

— Simon McBurney

I got involved in the Surrey Country youth theatre which led me to go to drama school where I realised that this was going…

— Michael Ball

I studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which was founded by Laurence Olivier and has alumni like Jeremy Irons and Daniel Day…

— Mark Strong