Jennifer Ellison Quotes

I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

I would love to do more TV and do movies for the experience, but my ultimate focus is stand-up. It's the number one thing that I love most because there is nothing like being with a live audience.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.'

I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it.

I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.

Yes, yes, theater in general is just going to always be my first love, performing for a live audience.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. I would love to perform at that level. I love the exchange with the audience. I love being able to sing and dance to express your emotions and the community and friendships that are formed when working on a theater piece.

I started in theater, and I love to go back to theater, just to have the experience and recharge my batteries, creatively.

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and 'Arcadia' is the highlight of my career so far. I love the intimacy of a live theatre audience - you can really squeeze every last drop out of each scene.

There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

I love performing.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

When you're doing a one-man play, you maybe rehearse for a month, and then you're just doing it an hour or two a night.

That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.