Theatre Quote by Anthony Powell

“Great acting is as much about the choices a performer makes as it is about their ability.”

— Stewart Stafford

“needed the very famous actor to know that you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a…

— Rachel Joyce

“There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“The theatre of the world is stocked with fewer settings than actors, and with fewer actors than situations.”

— Marcel Proust

“My heart was never in the craft of acting, only in the proving. Proving my power, proving my worth, proving my talent.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“We are given talent but we choose to have character.”

— Wayde Goodall

“Having a little talent as a writer is like having a little talent as a brain surgeon.”

— James Jones

“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet those same…

— Roger Lowenstein

“Writing is one of the loneliest of the arts; unlike the actor we have no immediate audience and must wait many long months, even…

— Bryan Forbes

“There was never talent, only hard work.”

— Yixing Zhang

“For all drama creates bondage, and the actor is only significant to the degree that he is bound.”

— Lawrence Durrell

“If there is one true statement true of every living person it must be this: he hasn’t achieved his full potential.”

— William Schultz