David Hockney Quotes

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

When someone offers me a part, I say, 'Yes, please.'

If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show.

I can never say that I will never return to musical theatre. There may be a part in the future that I really want to do. I love plays as well. I am very open to ideas. I hope to do many things in the future.

I want the type of career where I can come back to theater. Theater is my home. Theater, to me, is like ballet for dancers. It's my foundation.

I do want to do more acting! I love it. It's so fun.

You can't wait and sit for the phone to ring, so I do theater.

From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there.

I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.

It's nice when someone knows their lines.

I'd been a housewife and mother to our son Thomas Jefferson, and I was looking for a new career. So when my agent called and said a producer named Paul Elliott from E&B productions, the biggest panto company in the country at the time, wanted to meet me I agreed.

I'd love to do some new plays.

After 'Peepshow,' I really don't know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I think I could do that forever.

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater.

I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

I'm always looking for a good role.