Michael Richards Quotes

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

There are definitely some set topics I go onstage with and want to talk about, but there's also an element of improvisation and spontaneity that I like to bring to each performance and talk about uniquely in that room.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

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.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

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.

Acting is what happens on the way.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment.

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.

Acting is a mysterious process.

I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.