Actor Quote by Jeffrey Wright

I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory…

— Caity Lotz

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure…

— Beth Henley

When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked onstage, I…

— Ernie Hudson

I did The Seagull, the Chekhov play, on Broadway, a couple of years ago, and I had done it in London, and I became…

— Carey Mulligan

I got my degree in acting and theater, and then I had a teacher who told me to take a class with The Groundlings.…

— Cecily Strong

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

— Millicent Simmonds

I took one acting class as an undergrad, and I loved it. I was in a very avant-garde play at UCLA about a closeted,…

— Maz Jobrani

When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to…

— Carol Burnett

Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really - seemed very far-fetched. So I kind of split off into this separate…

— Quinta Brunson

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

When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt…

— Catherine Keener

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

— Casey Wilson