T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Quotes

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting something that doesn't exist, and trying to find the reality of it. Once you settle on that premise, everything else is a matter of degrees.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition.

I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.

I'm an actor who directs. Probably always will be.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.