Quotes About Theater

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a night at the theater.

It always amazed me - it still does - that people offer me work. And when the theater was my basic bread and butter, every time a show finished, I was convinced I would never work again.

As an actress, I should be playing my parts with conviction; otherwise, the audience won't be convinced.

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I didn't want to do anything else.

When a play is really cooking, there's nothing like it.

It's the coolest job to be on Broadway.

I've played a lot of cop parts.

I don't want to play a copper. I couldn't do it.

I'm not going to go to the local theater to spend $12... when I can get a screening copy of a film. I don't get screeners myself, but I can borrow from my friends or go to their house to watch.

The RSC changed my career, and 'Coronation Street' changed my life.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really.

'The Great Fire' is more what I'm used to - being in costume and make-up for a long time, trying to be 'period appropriate.'

It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character.

We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script.

Costume is always the first layer of armour for going into battle in a new acting job.

Costume really helps you feel in character.

Riding and romping are easy enough. It's the costume changes that wear me out.

The costumes had to serve the choreography.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

Not many know, but the costumes of your character can really help you to get into the skin of the character.

I'm an actor, so I like costumes.