Tony Shalhoub Quotes

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

I did my first play when I was 7.

I remember seeing my sister in a play when I was very young, and I remember telling my folks, 'I want to do that.'

I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.'

The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975.

My mom put me into my first play at five at a local theater, and the next day after my first practice, I was like, 'This is what I want to do with my life.'

When I was a kid, to me, the Evergreen Players were the big time.

My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests.

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

I was 10, and I played Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island' at school, and this great Liverpudlian actor called Andrew Schofield - he was Johnny Rotten in 'Sid And Nancy' - came to watch it, and he had a word with my mum and dad afterwards and told them I should have a go at the Everyman youth theatre. I've never looked back.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.

I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

My first major role was in a play called 'Through the Leaves.'

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

My best work happened on the stage.

As a teenager, I played men in my first two plays.

My first part in a play was one of the witches in 'Macbeth.'

As an actor, that's what you want; you want people to be aware that you are there, so that they can actually use you in their films and in their plays.

I did my first play around four or five. I can't remember the first one, but I did 'Annie' when I was five.

I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.

My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was so much fun, and I'd love to play a boy again. I think that would be great.