Sanaa Lathan Quotes

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

I've always been obsessed with being on stage and putting shows together.

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

In theater, the show must go on, so you train yourself to be able to nail it every single time because that's what the audience deserves, and that's the magic of live theater.

There's nothing more fun than being out on stage and getting the vibe from the crowd. There's nothing like being on a set where you are there to make other people happy and to make them laugh. That's the best job in the world.

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.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form.

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

There's a romance and power to live theater.

I love being onstage, whether it's dancing or acting - there's just something about being onstage.

What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in film is, you don't. The audience is invisible. And we're sitting there, hoping there's other people out there.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!'

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

There's no business like show business.

Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.

I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.

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.

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.