Aaron Tveit Quotes

When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them.

Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

For me, I wanted to be an actor without being bothered about the medium. So when the opportunity came my way, it did not really matter on which medium I am working.

I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.

I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.

If I want to do the kind of work that I like to act in, I need to open my mind to it.

I might like to be an actor, but there are loads of other things I'm interested in as well, like music and writing and sports. I want to keep my options open.

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

I really, really, really love my job, so it's not like I'm trying to quit wrestling to do movies. They just all seemed like cool things to do. I mean, I'd love to be the bad guy in an action movie because then people would get to see another side of me they don't get to see.

I wanted to be an architect, an artist, or an actor.

I'm an actor. I can't afford to have a type. I love to mix it up.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

It wasn't until I saw 'The Color Purple' on Broadway when I was 15 that I really solidified acting is what I want to do professionally.

I don't really discriminate with my art. To me, it's my art, and it's to be expressed through whichever medium is there, whether it's treading the boards in the theater, on the small-screen TV, or on the large screen. I love theater, and it's definitely something I would love to do.

I've always been an actor who works in every medium - I've worked in theater and film and television - I've never seen any difference between the three.

There was never anything else I wanted to pursue. It was always theater, and movies are a fairly new thing.

I am an actor, and actors should be willing to play all kind of roles.

I have done all kinds of roles - comedy, action, romance, and thrillers. Just name the genre, and I've done it.

I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.

I wanted to move between film and theater - I never felt like I fit into TV. And I'm very anti-TV, like, 'I'm never going to do TV,' but also, TV didn't want me either, so it was kind of perfect. And then, of course, cable happened, and suddenly it was like, 'Oh, I could do that kind of stuff.'

I was inspired to become an actor from theater I'd seen, so I assumed I'd do a lot of theater. But when I left Guidhall, the first thing I did was a short film - I played the main character. And I loved it. I love working on camera. I love the smallness of it and the detail and the routine of it.

I want to be an actor.

I became an actor because I enjoy playing a variety of different people rather than playing one person for the rest of my career.

I wasn't one of those kids who get up on the table and dance at a young age, but I always wanted to be an actor.