Quotes About Theater

Bizarrely, someone involved in the children's show 'Sarah and Duck,' which I narrate, recently found a coat with my name on it in a secondhand shop. It's the coat I wore as Theseus in the 'Dream.' So it's back in my possession after all these years, which is rather strange and wonderful.

When you're on TV, you're looking at a half-page of material, trying to memorize it really quickly. By the time it's on TV, I've already forgotten what I said, but I can still recite my whole role from Shakespeare in the Park. It works a different set of muscles.

If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.

I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.

When I was younger in the theater, I didn't really feel like I got much recognition from the powers that be. I got a lot of small roles - I never got the standout roles.

The next day I was in my school's production of All My Sons. This was the performance where I realized something was happening between me and the audience that I hadn't recognized before.

It blows me away that my parents, they really weren't much into theater, but they recognized that in me. When I think about the things they did to support that, I'm blown away.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.

I made my living as a theater actor before I got my record deal.

My predecessors in this business of acting were fully convinced their work would never be recorded, except in the form of reviews or paintings.

As a kid, I was obsessed with Broadway cast recordings, and I would totally mimic and memorize every little choice that these actors made.

'Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.

Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that's what matters in the theater I'm attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope?

I don't think 'Freak Dance' is a parody; it's more reference than anything. People don't think of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' as a 'Frankenstein' parody. It's kind of like that.

I'm able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

Theatricality - that's where you get catharsis. The Greeks went to see drama because they felt like this wasn't happening to them.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting.

Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.

I've always been scared to do a play. I don't know why, because doing 'Happy Days' was like a play with three cameras.

Sometimes I ride my bike to see the kids after a matinee and then ride back to do the show. That's the hard part, but I wouldn't have it any other way.