Dick Van Patten Quotes

I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.

Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old.

I was born to be on the stage.

I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.

I'm more of an actor than a musician. I've made a little name for myself as an actor, but I also front this band. We have some great players out here, and we've found a little niche with L.A. Hootenanny.

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

It's a great life being an actor, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

I did theatre when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement in acting, my whole interest. I don't really remember it that well. But it was really fun. I mean, it was exciting just to be on stage in front of an audience. It gives you a different kind of rush.

I really enjoy being an actor!

I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the building of characters.

I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.

I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.

If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.

I always wanted to be in the limelight, and I found I could get it by being on the stage. That was the beginning of everything for me.

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

I am going to be a great actress.

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money.

I started on the stage when I was 13 and I consider the stage my home.

I've been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the gratification of being a children's hero for so long.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.