Quotes About Theater

In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!'

Ideally, I would like to play roles in as many classics as possible: 'Rebecca,' 'Hedda Gabler.' I'm fond of a corset.

I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

Every once in a while I play a true idiot, and they're really fun to play.

When I was in New York for 'White's Lies,' I saw 'American Idiot' and 'Hair.' I loved both of those.

If I could live in a cabaret, I would. If I could live in 'Moulin Rouge,' I would.

When I started, I was a theater actress, and there were roles that I couldn't imagine not playing, like Rosalind in 'As You Like It.' I used to think I would die if I could play that. But then I started doing movies, and I had children, and I moved to Los Angeles. And now I kind of can't remember what those roles would be.

If I could do a sort of comical musical, that would be everything!

When I was younger and I did West End shows like 'Les Mis,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'Chitty,' I was blissfully ignorant - it was amazing to be a part of, but I didn't realise the scale of it all and how important a role it would play in my life when I grew up. It was just a fun thing I'd do every couple of days.

There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.

I am a black woman who has been given this character called Hermione to play on the stage. But actually, we've all grown up with the books, with Emma Watson playing her in the films. Imagery is so strong.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

I never imagined I would be in colourful costumes and dance!

Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.

I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.

I never imagined myself in films. My benchmarks were performances I saw in the theater.

I designed a theater magazine that was full of plays and essays about the theater, and then I worked at a theater school. By osmosis or something, I was learning from reading plays and not being analytical about them, but when I would read them, the joy in me was mostly from imagining them in my head and visualizing them.

I come from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was one of the wittiest writers who ever lived, and you think of him in the same category as someone like Shakespeare who's just impossible to imitate.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

It's very different working on stage to film; the immediacy is there on stage.

There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.

Acting is very immediate.

I didn't know anyone in my family who acted; no one in my immediate family did any acting.

Performing a play or a musical or something is obviously an incredible rush, but I don't think you get that immediate response like with comedy unless you get a round of applause or whatever.