Quotes About Theater

I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America.

By God's grace, 'Abhinay Chakra' has shaped up very well.

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.

I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade.

I knew I wanted to be an actor in first grade.

My first audition ever was for 'Bye Bye Birdie' in fifth grade.

I mean, I did a play when I was in eighth grade, but who hasn't?

Plays have a celebratory nature that no other form has. Theater always meant celebration, a birthday, a reward for good grades. I felt at home in a theater. I loved being part of an audience. All the rules - the audience has to see the play on a certain date at a certain time in a certain place in a certain seat.

The first long chapter of my career was almost entirely theater so that, by the time I was 30, 35, I sort of knew who I was as an actor, and I was gradually learning who I was as a human being.

Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.

I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

I came to New York in 1974, when I graduated from college. And you had to use 'Backstage' because all of the auditions were listed there. Most people didn't come with agents, so you got to see a lot of what was auditioning and when and where. 'Backstage' made sure you knew the major places.

When I went to theater school, most of the people I graduated with aren't working. I've consistently worked and made a good living.

After graduating, the jobs that I got were TV, so you sort of move to where the jobs are. But I would absolutely go back to theater if the role was right.

I did schooling and graduation from Delhi and then went to the National School of Drama.

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

My grandmother was my inspiration. She was the person who took me to the theater and encouraged me to act, and she's the one who always believed in me.

I think the graphic novel form works, in practice, a lot differently from watching a movie. You can put it down and pick it back up whenever you want - something you can't do in a theater.

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.

I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.

I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.

I'd love to do a play with Ma but I don't know whether that's like literally filling in your own grave and putting the gravestone on top.

There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.