John Nettles Quotes

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.

It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

I feel passionately that we need more space on TV for sketch shows for character actors to experiment.

For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play.

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.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

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

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.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

You have to just enjoy yourself sometimes, and the audience will, too. Not every role has to be 'The Taming of the Shrew.'

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.

Actors are separated all the time.

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.

I have done a lot of theater.

The most you play a character in the theater is, like, a couple months, and then you put it away.

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.