Quotes About Theater

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

It's astounding how challenging plays are... The scary part is that you get to encounter humanity in a way you don't in films. The audience amplifies the experience.

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.

If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.

I do think I'm a character actor.

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.

I'm just a character actor.

I want to do straight, dramatic acting so I do a hit show when you get chased by aliens!

I love UCB Chelsea. There is, to me, no stage like it.

I was a chemical engineer in school. And, randomly, an ex-girlfriend dared me to do a play.

I want to work with Cherry Jones.

I grew up with 'Chess' and the music from the show.

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

I've been to Chicago a lot - it's one of my favorite places. My wife is from Chicago, and I worked in the theater there a lot.

When I was a carpenter, I built sets for small storefront Chicago companies. Like, I built sets for friends of mine at The House Theater.

New York is almost as important as Chicago, improv-wise.

When I lived in Chicago, it often felt like the same people who were going to all the little theater companies were the people who were working in them.

I love that movie 'Chicago.'

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

There's nothing worse or more grating than a bad child actor performance.