John Malkovich Quotes

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 was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

I'd love to do more theatre and acting. I attended a performing arts high school in London, and it would be great to be able to put all of that training to use again.

I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy because it's difficult to do, it's really the actors medium of course, because you're really out there and nobody's yelling cut so, yeah I have.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

I needed to do a play. I needed to learn how to act again, in a focused, all-encompassing way, and a really challenging play is a great way to do that.

I have always been dramatic, so I think being an actress comes naturally to me. I think I am pretty good at it.

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 would love to get into acting. I really enjoy acting - portraying other personalities and approaching different levels and whatnot - that would be awesome.

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

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

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'

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.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

Yeah, I do get to do some theater occasionally. I don't get to do it as much as I would like to.

It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in the evening.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.