Backgrounds Quote by Jeremy Piven

I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with.…

— Derek Hough

I come from a traditional theater background.

— Mark Ruffalo

My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.

— Connie Britton

I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It…

— Luke Evans

I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.

— Al Pacino

I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore…

— Anna Deavere Smith

What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

— Marlo Thomas

Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all the time…

— Laura Linney

I've been working in theater, really, since about 1965. I started working with the Mabou Mines about then, and in a way I've always…

— Philip Glass

What dominates my life isn't the fact that I started off doing theatre. It's probably to do with Christianity, my race, the class I…

— Michaela Coel

I love theater. I come from theater.

— Melissa Barrera

I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.

— Kurt Fuller