Robin McLeavy Quotes

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

The time and preparation before a play is something I really value, and it's something I learned in New York.

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to musical auditions because the agent I had insisted I go to them.

A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at the Guthrie and here and there across the country.

As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!

I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.

I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare.

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that was what I want to do more than anything else.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I'm kind of a jack of all trades. I have played all kinds of roles in the theater.

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.

I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.

Every time I do a play, I'm like, 'When do I get to do the one where I wear a gown, sit in a chair, and say funny things?' I'd love to do that.

I studied Shakespeare at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and 'Orange' was my first audition ever for TV or film.

I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.