Lucien Bourjeily Quotes

Television is so neat; I grew up doing theater, and I've done a bit of film. I know I'm stating the obvious, but it's a unique storytelling form in that it's able to constantly evolve.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

I was drawn to performing and to storytelling.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

My first love is definitely performing, but I just love storytelling, and that's another aspect of it.

I was always into film, but theater was my entry point. I always felt like film didn't make sense to me as a kid. It was just so magical that I was like, 'There's something going on back there that I don't know.' But, when I watched theater, it was something that was happening in front of me.

What I am used to is 'Gali Guleiyan,' and people talking about my performances, what new I have tried in terms of my craft or the skill of storytelling.

Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

I cannot tell you that I ever fell in love with the theater as an audience. I fell in love with the theater as an actor for a period of time, but I have struggled as an audience, and I struggle more now than then. I was always a movie guy.

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.

With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

I'm an actor who directs. Probably always will be.