David Thewlis Quotes

I was trained on the stage, and I can do stage as well as I can do movies, but I prefer films.

For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!

I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I'm so interested.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.

There are always leading characters. There are always complex characters; there are very rewarding plays with great directors and tremendous playwrights, yeah. I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

When I'm on set, I never really get intimidated by people.

I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors.

If theatre paid as well as movies and TV, I'd do it all the time.

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been performing the same play for months.

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

I never go to the movies when I'm doing a play.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

I feel like I prefer movies, but, at the same time, theater is so exciting when you're doing it. It's a harder job doing theater.

I love doing both theater and television.

I'd love to work across all three fields - theatre, film and TV.

The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew.

I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.