Quotes About Theater

You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.

I want to show audiences I can act.

I've always had live audiences.

My general audition song is almost always 'Man That Got Away.'

From the first audition on stage, I knew I loved acting.

I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.

Auditions are just another chance to act - that's why I love them.

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.

In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.

I'm in control of things happening in my aviation career. And I'm not in my acting career.

I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award.

My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my father playing Torvald.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

Actually, I don't care how I look as long as I'm acting.

To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.

The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975.

People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!'

Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.

I'm a drama guy.

I was in drama, wanted to be an actor.

Well, I was a drama kid.

I was a drama major through college.