Richard LaGravenese Quotes

Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

I started out wanting to be an actor and I like to give actors as much as possible. I love writing stuff where they can really lose control.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.