Quotes About Acting

I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.

My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what you become an actor for - performing in front of people and getting the love from the audience.

Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.

Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?

I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better develop theatre skills beyond just acting.

It is good if newcomers have a theatre background. It helps in films.

Theatre, for me, is my playing field. That's where I learnt my craft.

I did a lot of theatre.

The reason why I hate working in theatre is the tedium of memorisation. But once that is done, then you feast on this never-ending meal. If you play it correctly, every night is fraught with very high stakes that are very difficult to find in everyday life.

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

Got a degree in acting and actually double majored in musical theatre. And then I came straight to New York and started working.

I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it.

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room.

I did theatre when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement in acting, my whole interest. I don't really remember it that well. But it was really fun. I mean, it was exciting just to be on stage in front of an audience. It gives you a different kind of rush.

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.