Ellie Bamber Quotes

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I really love theatre, as that is where I started out.

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

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.

All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.

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

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

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 don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

The stage is my first love.

I spent a long time in London on the stage, and you knew exactly what you were going to be doing. You not only knew the performance, but you also knew exactly where you would stand.

Theatre was always my passion.

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.

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

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.

In live stage, the actor lives.

I think there is no world without theatre.

I would love to have the opportunity to do a play.

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I rewrote Act II three times.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.