Alex Weisman Quotes

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

The most difficult thing to do is drama.

In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know? We were all actors - not like in New York or Los Angeles, where everyone says they are actors but they are actually waiting tables and hustling for spots in commercials.

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

I think theater is a great training ground; I think it's a great opportunity to play.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas.

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

Acting is very immediate.