Charles Dickens Quotes

You know, I love acting.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

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.

I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old Vic in London and we were at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and I walked on stage and I've got an opening speech that begins: "Agamemnon, how if he had boils?" And I went on and said: "Agamemnon..." And a woman in the front row just went 'tut'. I thought: "I've only done four syllables, give us a chance!" I got one word out and the audience were already tutting. It was worse than any heckle I ever had doing comedy. So, I'll stick to gnomes.

I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing.

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was the evil queen in 'Once Upon a Mattress.'

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.

Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

I was born to be on the stage.

The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment - the performance anxiety, the litmus test.

I return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it.

I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor. I saw my sister in a play and realized that I wanted to play make believe in front of people; I was always goofing around and putting on shows for my family.