Michael Stuhlbarg Quotes

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.

The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

I just love acting.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

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

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.

I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.

Acting is very immediate.

What people forget is that I'm an actress. That's the wonderful thing about what I do. I get to play different roles.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

I started in theater. I would liken sitcom work more to theater work than I would, perhaps, to dramatic television. It's so quick. It kind of feels like the pace of a play.

I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.

I've played dinner theaters. I'm a working stiff.

I look back on those early days in the theater like the beginning of a love affair, when you're totally in love with the work, and that's all there is.

I loved working in the theater.

In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.