Alexandra Shipp Quotes

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

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

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

I've really grown to love film, but I think occasionally you need to get up on a stage and see what's going on.

I do admire Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, but I'm a philistine. I like the good life too much; I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

I did some plays in high school which I had a good time doing.

I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

My God, the stage is the only place I know where to go.

I am very keen to take on a 'West End' show soon, as I haven't done much theatre, and that would be amazing. It is quite liberating to be on stage night after night.

I wanted to do theatre - it has always been my thing.

I love being on stage. I went into theater at five. I realized I really had something here.

My mom put me into my first play at five at a local theater, and the next day after my first practice, I was like, 'This is what I want to do with my life.'

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

When I was a kid, to me, the Evergreen Players were the big time.

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school, and every year, I participated in the talent shows and the school plays - all of 'em.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

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