Rory O'Malley Quotes

I'd always dabbled in acting.

I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart. I love to do a show, do something with friends; I'm kind of a nerd in that way. I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.

I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what the other person is doing. The other actor is reacting to what you're doing, and it's this great back and forth. Because you've done all this research, you can use some of it or throw a lot of it out. You can get lost in it.

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 think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

I played Li'l Abner and Batman in school plays; I wanted to be an actor to play all these different characters.

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.

I did some musical theater and studied a little bit of acting as well.

I get very excited when I get a chance to work with actors who are as passionate as I am.

When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me in the best ways.

Acting is something I've always loved and enjoyed.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I want to do primarily film and theater; I always want to do a play because it feeds my soul. It's like an exercise on stage.

I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind of movies.

Acting is my job.