Frank Deford Quotes

Acting and writing are the things I like doing. I don't like presenting that much.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.

I have been a performer for as long as I can remember. I performed in Sunday school and church plays.

As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.

If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing.

I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.

I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing.

I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me.

I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

I find it creatively satisfying to write material and say it out loud in a public place, whether or not anyone's listening.

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

If you can talk, you can write.

You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director.

The thing is, I'm happiest when I'm on stage.

I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off.

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.