Tom Irwin 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.

Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.

When you're doing a one-man play, you maybe rehearse for a month, and then you're just doing it an hour or two a night.

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

I prefer stage work, as an actor.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

Eventually, you know the rhythm of your character, of the set of the piece. It takes less energy for you to hit that point, and then everything resonates. But initially, it takes a tremendous amount of energy. You just hope it's gonna be okay and you don't forget your lines and those cameras.

Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy.

Acting and performing is part of who I am.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

During theatre, I had never faced problems with my lines and I was very proud of myself.

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

Acting is the way I make my living.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

For me, acting is doing.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

Actors love to act all those death scenes.

This acting was very hard work.

I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

Acting is what happens on the way.

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.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.