Joel Grey Quotes

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

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.

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 love acting, but the star part is not my bag.

I wanted to be on stage. That was kind of my plan as an actress in the beginning.

I don't consider myself this amazing thespian.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

I sense an actor in me.

As you know, before entering the glamorous world of Bollywood, I was into theatre, where I played varied roles, from a lover boy to a servant.

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

Acting is the way I make my living.

For me, acting is doing.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

When I saw 'Legally Blonde' on Broadway, I rang my agent and said 'I want to be seen for this,' but the rest weren't big choices, really. 'Hedda Gabler' was a phone call offering it to me, and as I've said before quite embarrassingly, I didn't know the play, so I didn't sit there thinking 'I would now like to tackle Ibsen.'

If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

Acting truly is a love of mine.

As a kid, I used to sing, dance, I was into dramatics. I would love to pursue being an actor, but not as such as a hero.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.