John Barrowman Quotes

My parents didn't take me to the theatre to see Chekhov when I was growing up - we went to see 'Francie and Josie' once every five years.

We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.

I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare.

I'd seen a play of 'Richard III' in Coventry when I was 15, which sowed the seeds that you could act for a living.

I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

I see a ton of theatre whenever I'm not working to stay inspired. I love feeling like I'm a part of the theatre community and following the work of actors and writers I admire. I'm a big reader, too.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.

I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.

My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.

I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would see the shows over and over again.

At 17, I became a member of the Boston Repertory Theatre. I had an opportunity pretty quickly and performed with the theater for six years.

I came to theatre as a teenager by going to the National Theatre when it was at the Old Vic and sitting on padded seats in the gallery for 15 pence, which was the price of a bus fare.

I saw a production of 'The Seagull' at Dallas Theatre Center when I was in high school, and it really did a number on me.

I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.

My best memories growing up are of putting on musicals with my mom and dad, Both of them are real hams; it was like vaudeville in East Hampton.

My parents would always take me to the theatre, and I was bored a lot of the time. Loads of Shakespeare, and I didn't know what the hell was going on. And then, when I was 13, we went to see 'The Cherry Orchard,' and it changed everything for me.

I have very vivid memories of my mom and dad making up batches of fake blood at night.

I've always been very passionate about acting. I appeared in panto in the Everyman from the age of five.

I grew up in a household that was very friendly towards the theatre and acting.

So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck.

I've never seen a show at my high school because I was always in them.

Both my parents have done considerable work in theatre and I have grown up with that culture, but I still felt that I needed formal training.