Matthew Lewis Quotes

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

I have done a lot of theater.

I do come from theater. I didn't spend a lot of time there 'cause once I started in television, I just kind of stayed there.

I have a passion to do theater.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.

I started in theater, and I love to go back to theater, just to have the experience and recharge my batteries, creatively.

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 want to do theatre and I want to do period drama.

I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.

I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.

For me, I've always wanted to do theater, so I gravitate toward it.

I have a background in theater - I went to school for theater. I love film - love it - but there's just something about theater that I really miss.

I have been involved with theatre since I was 13. I never seriously thought I would get into movies though I had every intention of continuing with theatre.

I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.

It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in the evening.

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

Obviously, I've been on sets before but nothing as big as 'Twilight.' You forget sometimes that you're on set of one of the biggest movies ever- so when you just sit back and think about it its just so incredible. It's such a great learning experience.

My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.