Sylvester McCoy Quotes

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

A play is a passion.

Acting meant so much to me.

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

I'm motivated by entertaining people.

Theatre was always my passion.

When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that's why I do it, that's why I like it.

You do T.V. and movies to make the money, and then you do theatre for the love of it.

My first love is definitely performing, but I just love storytelling, and that's another aspect of it.

I sing because I love it. People may come to my shows because they are curious about 'Wonder Woman' but I hope they return because they enjoy my singing.

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

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the germ of the idea came from is pretty much irrelevant. What matters to every theatre maker I know is speaking clearly to the audience 'right now.'

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

I do my best creating on stage.

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

I have such a passion for theatre.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

I can't imagine working without and audience.

I love the theatre and theatre people.

I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn't need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it's this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.

So for me, it can be theatre or being in L.A. or in some other part of the world, as long as I can explore storytelling and human connection through storytelling, I'm quite content.