Michael Gracey Quotes

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit.

I did some musical theater and studied a little bit of acting as well.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.

I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.

I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.

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

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose it is.

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

I'm theater trained.

When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.

I'm an actor of the theater.

I studied drama.

I was trained in classic theater, so I love me some good old crying.

When I was younger, I acted in some Shakespeare stuff; I did one Shakespeare camp.

For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as much humor as possible.

Broadway really inspired me to want to act.

I love acting. I love play-acting. I love pretending. I love telling stories so whether they be comedic or serious or whatever, it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy telling a good story. I have it all in me.