Character Quote by Samuel L. Jackson

I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other.…

— Howard Shore

I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.

— Cate Blanchett

I started out in the theater when I was a young actor, so I've always tried to move from one medium to the other.

— Tony Shalhoub

The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort of knew…

— John Lithgow

With repertory, you had to play all these different characters. The range of roles is really what I fell in love with, every night…

— David Morse

I was never interested in acting on film or in television, but I was always more inclined to writing and directing, and the exploration…

— Sam Levinson

I come from a little bit of a theatrical background. I started that way. I don't have a tremendous body of work or anything,…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

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

— Kurt Fuller

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

— Prunella Scales

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

In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along who thought…

— Orson Bean

We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

— Randeep Hooda