Carrie Preston Quotes

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company.'

The more roles there are, the more actors there are.

I'm a dramatist.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I'd love to do some new plays.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The Zoo Story.' He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.

Since we started, Chris and I had theatrical ambitions.

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

If you think about what 'The Killing' is, it is the theatrical production, not the script.

I'd like to be in a play with Mark Rylance.

I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.

You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.

I'm an actor of the theater.

Normally, you spend the play convincing people of the world and the characters.

I can't tell you the excitement to be in a new TV series or a play you've got to read for. That's the best.

In elementary school, I was always writing little plays for my friends to be in. I was much more of a director than a performer.

Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk.

I loved theater and went to Circle in the Square's post-graduate program for two years and studied acting and directing and I loved it. I loved acting and directing - I really like directing a lot. Some days I think maybe someday I'll go back and direct something.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.