Quotes About Theater

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.

New York City is a big city but a small city when it comes to theater.

I moved to New York City in the '80s to be an actress and to be on Broadway. That was always my dream.

There's only one Broadway and that's in New York City.

I like going to the matinee. I like taking my daughter there. It's just my favorite place in the world. I go there after auditions. I lived in New York City, I would go to the theater right after because it clears your mind.

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies, character-driven stuff. I would love to do more theater on a larger scale. I'm just excited for the next thing that comes along that I'm salivating over. I think a little more guerrilla would be really exciting to me.

I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to job.

But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights.

The first play that I saw was 'Cyrano,' and I remember going home - I was like nine years old - and trying to learn the monologues.

I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act. It was probably terrible, but I loved it.

I was doing community theater since I was about nine.

I started theater when I was three, and I started doing professional acting when I was nine.

I love theater. I started in theater when I was nine years old.

I've been really fortunate to do several shows on Broadway; the longest run I've done is nine months, and that was 'Porgy and Bess.' The shortest run I've done was about a month and a half: my first Broadway lead in 'The Scottsboro Boys.'

I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.