Imran Amed Quotes

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare.

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.

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

I studied drama.

I love acting. I was one of those dudes that was always in the plays in the church and at school.

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 never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

I used to practice Tony speeches in my bathroom with my hairbrush.

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

Reading great dialogue as an actor is such a rare privilege.

Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

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

I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained for the stage.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

I played comedies and dramas.

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.