Satya Bhabha Quotes

I love working in the theater.

I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door on it. Even though it's been quite a bit of time since I've done a play, last one was in New York.

I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.

There are always leading characters. There are always complex characters; there are very rewarding plays with great directors and tremendous playwrights, yeah. I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

I do most of my work on the stage, and typically once the show is over, it's over.

There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't.

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

In actual fact, I doubled 'Twelfth Night' and 'The Avengers'. I was going backwards and forwards to Stratford. I played matinees Wednesday, matinee and evenings Saturdays, and the other days of the week, I was filming in Elstree.

Theatre requires devotion that is all-consuming. When we started out, we didn't mind working 12 hours a day. We didn't mind going endlessly over and over a scene to make it right. I was the company's costumer for the first few years, and I remember the budget for 'Balm in Gilead' was $150.

I did as much theater as I could. I worked at a theme park and a Bible theater and a community theater.

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

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

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

I would love to be on Broadway!

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

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

I have such a passion for theatre.

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.

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 repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

I've always wanted to perform on the London stage.