American Quote by Allison Janney

I don't come from an artistic family, so I didn't know what theater was. I was working on Wall Street in the '90s, and…

— Geneva Carr

Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare…

— John Lithgow

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures…

— Carol Burnett

My mum took me to the theatre a lot, and I'd obsess over them for weeks after. She took me to see 'The Blue…

— Emily Beecham

I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the UK. I'd been in the film Breaking and Entering - Anthony Minghella gave…

— Ed Westwick

I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as a go-go…

— Annaleigh Ashford

Once I made a boyfriend dress up as Woody Allen from 'Annie Hall.'

— Casey Wilson

I went to a lot of theatre. My parents were very involved with the performing arts. I went to nightclub shows when I was…

— Lainie Kazan

Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting.

— Christopher Jackson

I was heavily involved in musical theater.

— Brad Goreski

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18.

— Rebecca Hall