Became Quote by John Patrick Shanley

I was offered to play an Italian part in an Italian film. Although I could not take it up because I did not have…

— Ali Fazal

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I first decided to become an actor at school. A teacher gave us a play to do and that had a major impact. At…

— Jean Reno

I always loved theater and acting in plays and directing, writing little plays and directing friends in plays.

— Todd Haynes

I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when…

— Martin Scorsese

I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater,…

— Anonymous

I was a theatre major and started off as a playwright.

— Mark Kurlansky

I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and…

— Clark Gregg

When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.

— Annie Parisse

After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest in me…

— Daniel Wu

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television…

— Justin Chadwick

You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality in stage…

— Satya Bhabha