Cynthia Erivo Quotes

You'd need to polish your skills as you only get one chance. In cinema, retakes are possible but in theatre, there are none.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.

I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.

Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.

In live stage, the actor lives.

I've really grown to love film, but I think occasionally you need to get up on a stage and see what's going on.

I'm not trying to take anything away from film acting, because it's also really hard, and I worship the people who are great at it. But to actually have to go out on stage night after night and do it with your audience right there is so wild and scary and exciting and fun and all the things that I remember loving about it.

I love the stage - the fact that you only have one take to get it right, the interaction with the audience, and how every show is different even though you're doing the same thing.

In the studio, you can redo things. In concert, you only have one shot at it, so you have to try to be as perfect as possible.

Movie making is such a long process, and they only use that one take, although you do it over and over about 30 times. Live theatre is that one time and one time only.

In film you have the opportunity of retakes or of giving your best profile. In theatre, it's right here, right now.

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

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.

Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, 'cause it's live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it's like the frontlines of acting, when you're on stage.

Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage.

My roots are on the live performing stage, so while I enjoy making films and the other things that I do, when I get on stage, I feel at home; I'm comfortable.

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.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

It's very different working on stage to film; the immediacy is there on stage.