Hiroyuki Sanada Quotes

Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and they're back in their trailer having a coffee or getting their hair done.

I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.

It was quite natural - the first day I got to the set I was really nervous, but I loved the whole experience.

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

Actors are separated all the time.

I'm very much interested in doing actual theater.

I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.

I grew up doing musical theater.

I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

Acting is completely different from the standup world. You have these 12- or 14-hour days, but you have a great time doing it. It's like hanging out with your friends.

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

I've done some movies before when you have months, or three weeks at least, to train and to learn choreography.

I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.

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

I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.

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

I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

I've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.

It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

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.

When somebody says, 'Action,' I act. When they say, 'Cut,' that's my job. I've done it.