Ian Hart Quotes

It is sometimes necessary to keep matters secret among a few.

Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.

I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.

Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.

I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that.

When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.

I am unable to tell a quarter of a billion Americans what we are doing on their behalf, because if I did, it would become the table of contents of the training manual of the enemy.

If you can make it in theater, you can make it anywhere.

I'm an actress, so I hope I'm good at it.

When it comes to performance, I don't like to prepare at all if I don't have to.

There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level.

Acting can be very solitary, even if you're in a scene with someone else, because you worry about your own performance and if you look good.

Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.

I'd never discuss anything confidential.

Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.

I know that you can only keep a secret a secret for so long.

My last audition for 'Baby Driver,' I had to meet with Jon Hamm and go through the scenes. I was a bit nervous: 'What if Jon Hamm dislikes me? This is the end.' I also watched 'Mad Men' religiously, so that didn't help with my nerves.

I remember once they sent me over to read for a show called 'Mork and Mindy.' I heard gales of laughter, then Robin Williams walked out. I had to follow Robin Williams.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks 'I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.' That is important - that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

What the general public doesn't always understand is that wrestlers often only have hours to put things together, not days or weeks, except in certain cases.

I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.