Sterling K. Brown Quotes

You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.

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.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

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.

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.

Acting is a sport to me, I enjoy being in the ring and playing it.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Acting is a mysterious process.

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.

Doing theater is such a specifically energetic and almost acrobatic work.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

Acting is a great luxury, a joy, and a pleasure.

I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore.

In theatre there is a certain discipline that you have to follow, and you have to be experienced to be performing in front of a live audience. It is satisfying to me.

Acting and performing is part of who I am.

I grew up doing theatre, where I was jumping in and out of plays, year round.

Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are performing in front of a live audience.

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.

Acting is the way I make my living.

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've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.