Actors Quote by Jennifer Stone

Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.

— Teju Cole

There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones.

— Helen Hayes

My feeling is that in the purest form, an actor is a service to the people. It's democratic in its purest form. That's what…

— Scott Cohen

Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way…

— Sanford Meisner

The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and that's what…

— Steven Berkoff

There are two kinds of directors in the theater. Those who think they are God and those who are certain of it.

— Rhetta Hughes

“The theatre is an attack on mankind carried on by magic: to victimize an audience every night, to make them laugh and cry and…

— Iris Murdoch

I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you a stronger…

— Hale Appleman

I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.

— Danielle Brooks

The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big…

— John Updike

Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested…

— Sanford Meisner

As an actor, if you have done theatre, the magic of it never leaves you.

— Himani Shivpuri