Quotes About Theatrics

I did a lot of theatre.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

I don't really have a theatre background at all.

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

'Maury' and 'Jerry Springer' get so theatrical that it's hard to believe.

Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tell how silly this all is: him dressed up as someone else speaking words written by a third party.

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

Devin's a drama queen.

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

I'm usually the bad guy, you know, but I do a lot of different genres of acting.

Comedy is more an art of body language and gestures - it is more a performance of an artist than the lines given to him/her.

For the 'Heaven' stage, the dancers and I don't use wires so we are slowly slipping down the stage if you see us up close.

My first part in a play was one of the witches in 'Macbeth.'

They say it's good but I didn't know what I was doing until I got into the suit and they put the moustache on me, and somehow, when I got all the drag on, it came out. It was the most amazing thing. I'm truly extraordinary.

I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call indicating, when you twirl your mustache.

The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.

Acting was always a part and faucet of my life. It just comes very natural. I think it's a good thing.

I broke into the business in the '80s, and the '80s was based on hyper-exaggerated reactions.

I'm a tragedienne in some way. I think quite epically. I like epic landscapes and grand emotions.

As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them.

When I was an actor, I liked throwing a challenge to other actors.

He stared me at with his deep midnight eyes. He leaned toward me. And he kissed me. With passion. He kissed me! He finally kissed me! Right there in front of Bela Lugosi!