Ben Hopkins Quotes

Oh my God, I could watch Jennifer Coolidge for hours.

I played comedies and dramas.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.

Theatre was always my passion.

Theatres are built because they were the boards for entertainment.

I grew up wanting to entertain.

I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

Broadway is such a beautiful community, both with the people who do it and the people who go see it.

When I do theatre in New York, I typically only get cast in comedy.

London is the English-speaking theatre capital.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

It's a tremendous feeling walking on to a set with a live audience and making them laugh, but I love drama, and I love drama where there's the ability to bring comedy into it because in a lot of tragic circumstances in life there is comedy to be had.

I really enjoy being an actor!

I get to play a lot of hysterics.

I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare.

I'm a character actress.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

When I left New York, not a lot of shows were happening there, but 'Golden Boy' is such a New York show.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.

I definitely think that theatre is something I'll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre's something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don't think I could do it all the time.