Charles Durning Quotes

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.

If theatre paid as well as movies and TV, I'd do it all the time.

You know, I've always wanted to do dramas.

I do work on stage as an actor. I do films as well. Television, I haven't done much.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so many places you can work, still. If I had begun to think of myself as a film actor, I think I would have got distracted.

I'd love to do some new plays.

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

I'm a drama nerd.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.

I never thought about movies. I never thought about Hollywood. It was just being on the stage and being in New York.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

I would love to have the opportunity to do a play.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.

No matter how good you might be in a movie, you'll never be any better. But in a play, I can be better next Tuesday. That's the thrill of it.