Ken Loach Quotes

During the fourth year of college, I heard about auditions for a musical for which I got chosen. There after, I continued acting in plays and improved.

In theatre, I loved doing '2nd May 1997' at the Bush. Jack Thorne is a brilliant writer, and it was really exciting and felt new and different for me.

I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at the Guthrie and here and there across the country.

The most you play a character in the theater is, like, a couple months, and then you put it away.

Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.

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

I've always been very passionate about acting. I appeared in panto in the Everyman from the age of five.

When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!

The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job, and I got to work with Garland Wright and so many great artists.

I didn't do school plays... I've never done a play in my life, actually. Not even a nativity.

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

I haven't done any 'Fringe' shows since I was about 17. Then I performed with my youth theatre in a show where we all had this old-fashioned make-up on and giggled through our lines.

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

I love the instantaneous nature of filming rather than the repetition of working in the theatre, but that maybe because I haven't had great experiences working in the theatre.

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

I was the understudy to the understudy in a year-two production of 'Big Chief Red Feather.' The boy who had the lead broke his arm, and then the understudy got chicken pox. And I loved it. I got to wear the most feathers in my headdress.

I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.

My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.

I'd trained at the University of Washington and had a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.