Academy Quote by Jackee Harry

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.

— Christopher Guest

As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid…

— Andrew Rannells

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New…

— John Gallagher, Jr

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind…

— Randy Rainbow

I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was…

— Kristanna Loken

I started out doing theater in New York. I used to go to Shakespeare in the Park a lot.

— Clark Gregg

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and…

— Missi Pyle

I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing.

— Jamie Blackley

While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.

— Hannah Simone

I started in musical theater.

— Brett Cooper

I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I…

— Jesse Eisenberg