Skylar Astin Quotes

Well, ever since I was little, I knew that singing was what I wanted to do, and then I got into, you know, doing drama club and community theater.

I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was the evil queen in 'Once Upon a Mattress.'

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remember going out to dinner with my mom afterward and reading the souvenir program like crazy!

I was one of those people who watched and videotaped the Tonys every year and kept a highlight reel every year. I saw every Broadway show as a kid.

I did musicals from about age 10 to 18.

I started in community theater at 7 years old. I loved being on stage and performing. At the time, I didn't correlate that the stuff I was doing on stage was the same thing that I was watching in my favorite films.

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

Hartford had the Mark Twain Masquers, which was fantastic. They had been in business I don't know how many years. They knew how to build sets and sell tickets and put on a play. My day started at night. When I left the office, that's when my day began.

I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.

I wasn't sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.

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

I did it once in high school - I was Sandy in Grease - and I decided then that I would never do it again. I've felt that way for years, and that's no bullshit.

When I was 12, I was in Oliver! at a theater in Glasgow.

I certainly did plays in high school and community theater, and I want to get back on the stage.

When I was a kid, my daily routine was playing make-believe, and I kind of created these stories throughout the day. And when it came time to go to preschool, my English wasn't really so great because my mother wanted me to learn Ukrainian, so she signed me up for these children's theater groups.

I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have a B.A. in acting, with a concentration in theater performance and a minor in musical theater. I studied there for three years.

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

My mom took me to see 'Annie' on Broadway when I was little, and I just wanted to be doing what those girls were doing.

I grew up doing musical theater.

I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.

In high school, I did the 'The Tempest' at Lincoln Center for Joe Papp.

I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.