Quotes About Passion

I'm a theatre person, that's who I am. I'm happy to make sojourns into the world of movies but I'm basically a theatre director that potters off and does a couple of movies.

The first time I stepped on stage in the local theatre I knew what I needed to do - I knew I had found the right place to be.

Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

The applause from the audience gives me a high. Probably that's what has kept my love for theatre intact.

Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.

I grew up doing certain little things in the musical theatre realm, but I didn't really understand that you could... make a career out of it.

I studied science. And I had a group of friends who were heavily into music and theatre.

Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.

Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?

When I was 12, I got a manager, but my mom was against it. It took a lot of convincing. But when I got a job at Manhattan Theatre Club, I think she saw how passionate I was about it and that I worked really hard - and now she's super supportive.

Theatre, for me, is my playing field. That's where I learnt my craft.

My desire was never to put out albums; it was to do musical theatre!

I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people.

I started out as a dancer and an actor, and I need to remind myself that I can still do theatre.

I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.

In a way, theatre is still my first love.

I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old.

I do theatre for my personal satisfaction and enjoyment.

I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.

Got a degree in acting and actually double majored in musical theatre. And then I came straight to New York and started working.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.