Matt Damon Quotes

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

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 drama at school, as a kid, but I ain't been to, like, acting school or anything. I was in a couple of school plays.

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

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.

I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.

I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy because it's difficult to do, it's really the actors medium of course, because you're really out there and nobody's yelling cut so, yeah I have.

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.

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

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

There was a drama club in our high school, and I just did plays.

I would say if you're young, if you're a teenager, act in plays, as many plays as you can. It's an amazing way to build your craft and an amazing way to build your presence.

I started working on stage as a dancer when I was four; by 14 or 15, I knew I wanted to study the craft of acting.

I studied drama.

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

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.