Tatiana Maslany Quotes

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

I guess my interest in performance has evolved and changed many times over the years.

I have played a few lay saints in my time.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.

The immediacy of improvisation is intoxicating, but there's an intimacy that you get that's very different when you're doing drama.

It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.

I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.

Acting is not in the blood. My parents weren't actors, but I imagine that if you've been brought up with actors, you have a lovely time at home and just want that to carry on.

I enjoy working on stage. Having relationships with the audiences and question and answer sessions afterwards. I enjoy that.

Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.

Acting has always been instinctive to me.

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

Acting is what I chose to do. It's what I feel I need to do.

I like to spend as much time on the stage as possible. I don't do a regular TV series because I don't want to be overexposed.

I have always enjoyed performing, but I think when I was in the fifth grade was when I discovered that I really loved acting.

I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

Acting is my life. It's what I live and breathe.