Megan Hilty Quotes

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.

I think so often you can come out of drama school and get thrown in the deep end.

Whenever any actor comes into a producer session, they have so many questions, and we still can't really tell them that much until they get the job.

I thought I'd be doing theater, really. That's all I had experience with growing up. I mean, I saw movies and television, but I don't think I really connected at a young age that that was acting, that that was part of the profession.

To want to be an actor is enough - you don't need to tell us about it. The interesting person who comes with some life experience is always the person who is going to be chosen by me.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

I used to have this idea that you can spend years in the movies and TV and then, at the drop of a hat, say 'Oh, I'll go back and do the theater.'

For most actors, it is the script that chooses them and not the other way around.

I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic tragedies.

I like interesting casting, and casting people who you think might be slightly different in parts.

Here in England, my becoming an actor was considered unimaginative.

My first live performance was the lead in 'Peter Pan.'

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

Who knows if I would get to do 'Mr. Robot' if I was on 'Mr. Robinson?'

I can't remember life before I was an actor. In fact, I was an actor before I knew what it was to be an actor.

As an actress who has performed in theater for over 17 years, my experience performing in 'The Color Purple' has been a truly life-changing journey.

I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you never actually will see the character walk through the door - and if you do, then you have to be slightly suspicious of that.

I have seen Hollywood artistes like Al Pacino, Tom Cruise and Tim Burton doing theatre and Broadway shows. Cinema actors tend to go back to theatre because it gives them an opportunity to reinvent themselves.

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

Bill Murray, we've got to get people worthy to be on the screen with him, as opposed to just a bunch of random… with no disrespect… but a bunch of random local actors.

I want to expand what I do and definitely focus a little more in the acting, theater world.

I've dreamt lucidly about how my Broadway debut would go and what that would feel like, but I know that I can't be prepared for that.

I don't normally think of a specific actor. I concentrate on the character, and then when we get into pre-production, that's how names come up.

I never really pictured myself as an actress.

I think I was born to be an actor.