Elizabeth Banks Quotes

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.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had many plays in my films. I feel like maybe theater is a part of my movie work.

It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.

I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.

Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it.

I'd like to direct more operas.

Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

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

I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television.

I have a theater company that I'm a part of, Colt Coeur, and they do some really rad projects.

I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.

I did a brief stint with set design and stage design. And I tried playwriting, too.

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.

When I lived in Ojai, I did community theater, and I was intrigued by acting.

I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I got in Conservatoire, my teachers would give me a lot of flack because I wasn't rehearsing my lines; I'd be doing stage management. I was interested in sound. I was interested in architecture. I was interested in every aspect of theatre.

I did as much theater as I could. I worked at a theme park and a Bible theater and a community theater.

I was a theatre major and started off as a playwright.

Doing theater makes you feel like a real actor.

My first performance was as one of the orphans in 'Oliver!'

I grew up doing theatre, where I was jumping in and out of plays, year round.

During the fourth year of college, I heard about auditions for a musical for which I got chosen. There after, I continued acting in plays and improved.

I think it's dependent on where life takes me. For sure, I absolutely adore acting. It has been my passion from a very young age. But at the same time I am very intrigued by the camera, and also very intrigued by props.