Danielle Brooks Quotes

One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.

Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my place in the business.

Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

I enjoy working on stage. Having relationships with the audiences and question and answer sessions afterwards. I enjoy that.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

There is something about being on stage that's a release for me. It gets my mental energy out.

I've always liked being on the performance end of it. I've come up with different ideas, but as far as being a creative writer, I'm not sure about that. I've always liked the performance end of it and wrestling, getting in the ring in front of a live crowd.

When I discovered drama, I felt a connection.

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

I like stand-up. I've done it since I was a teenager, so it's kind of my first job and first kind of creative way to express myself.

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.

I took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall's Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself.

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

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch.