Anne Reid Quotes

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.

So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible.

If theatre paid as well as movies and TV, I'd do it all the time.

I'm dying to do a Sam Shepard play. 'Curse of the Starving Class,' 'Buried Child,' 'True West,' 'Cowboy Mouth,' 'Fool for Love' - I'll do any of them.

Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.

I did 'Prodigal Son' at Manhattan Theatre Club.

I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.

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

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

In the theatre, as anyone knows who's even done amateur theatre all their lives, you immediately find a family there. Because you're under stress, you're trying to create something, you're putting on a show, you find brothers and sisters right away.

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

I love the instantaneous nature of filming rather than the repetition of working in the theatre, but that maybe because I haven't had great experiences working in the theatre.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

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

I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

I did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.

I definitely think that theatre is something I'll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre's something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don't think I could do it all the time.

We all know that on Broadway you need to have stars to do a play.

When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.

I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End.

The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined.

When I found out that they were doing a revival of 'Annie,' I decided to audition just for fun and see how it turned out. So I auditioned, and I got a callback after callback after callback. And I just wanted to be a part of the show; I didn't care what role.