Arthur Smith Quotes

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

In live stage, the actor lives.

Theatre is where I am confident and happy.

The first stage play I ever did was a school play called 'The Wishing Chair.'

My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was so much fun, and I'd love to play a boy again. I think that would be great.

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.

Roles make the actor.

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

The stage is my first love.

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.

I used to like doing school plays.

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

I really love theatre, as that is where I started out.