Vagit Alekperov Quotes

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

Acting is the way I make my living.

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

Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

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.

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

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

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

I'm a performer. I'm pretending to be someone else. I'm not putting my own self into the show every night.

Acting is a great luxury, a joy, and a pleasure.

Acting is a sport to me, I enjoy being in the ring and playing it.

Theatre polished me as an artist.

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to me was doing plays. It was like, that's the same thing as standup - people are on a stage; they're being seen and saying things - so, because of my love of standup, I moved towards acting.

I think I'd always been interested in performing.

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 figured, 'Why not go into entertainment?' I love entertaining people. I always loved being extra loud.

Acting was always a secret desire of mine when I was growing up.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it.

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.