Quotes About Theater

Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.

As an actor, these kinds of big-comedic-centerpiece characters is just one thing that I love to do.

I have a background in theater - I went to school for theater. I love film - love it - but there's just something about theater that I really miss.

I can't really say my height has hindered me in the theater, though it really has hindered me in TV. It's just something you have to embrace, your height.

I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.

I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

I went to anything that was on at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. I was quite geeky. There was a production of 'Look Back in Anger' with David Tennant and Kelly Reilly in it, and it blew me away. I still think about it and look back on it as the moment where I decided, 'I want to do that.'

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.

I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun!

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an actor.

As early as I can remember, I would put on plays with my cousin and make my dad record them. In kindergarten, I started doing the school plays, and it just continued.

I came from the theater. It takes a team. We need everyone. It's not just No. 1 on the call sheet. I love to have kindness and respect and a place for where we can create.

My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.

People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance, when I played Vultan in 'Flash Gordon,' I put as much energy into it as I would with 'King Lear' - it's all part of the same thing.

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

When I was in 'Kinky Boots,' nobody really cared what shape I was in, and so I remember, like, fans would send me cookies to the theater, and I would be like, 'Okay, I guess I'll have another cookie!'

I would definitely go back to 'Kinky Boots' because that family, I think, is so wonderful and incredible, and my role and my part were just so fun to play. But I would definitely love to do other shows as well.

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun.

I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage.

The theater was the place where I felt my first crush, and it's where I got my first kiss.

For Kitty Gilbert in 'Topsy-Turvy,' I had to get to the point where I could improvise in the style of 1880, which is difficult. The research for that was huge.