Age Quote by Carrie Preston

Shakespeare was the main thing I did in my life from the age of 16 when I first played 'Hamlet' at school. I then…

— Mark Rylance

I started my career by doing plays in theatre.

— Hiten Tejwani

From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout…

— Jason Priestley

Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and I knew…

— Lorraine Toussaint

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as…

— William Kempe

I started theater when I was three, and I started doing professional acting when I was nine.

— Liana Liberato

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

— Jason Gann

I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.

— Andre Holland

I grew up doing a lot of theatre, plays, dramas, musicals.

— Hale Appleman

The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

— Powers Boothe

I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that,…

— Naomie Harris