Olivia Cooke Quotes

I wanted to be performer; like, I used to dance at weddings. I felt acting was my calling, and that is something I wanted to do.

I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning.

I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words.

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

I'm interested in just about anything that's right for my voice, and that's a good fit for my personality in the part as well. 'Evita' has always been a dream part for me, but it's really, really high to sing. I'd love to do Elphaba - heck, I'd even do Glinda. For me, I'd do anything to get into 'Wicked!'

I just had this moment where I was sitting at my desk, and I realized what it was that I'd been wanting to do since I was a little girl - and that was act.

I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.

I trained in musical theatre and when I left drama school I worked on a lot of productions like 'Greece' and 'The Secret Garden' before landing the part in 'EastEnders.'

I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.

When I got the job on 'Cursed Child,' I was doing another show in the West End, and I was playing a part that Marlon Brando had played.

Although I have been performing in all sorts of ways and roles since childhood, 'GoT' is my first proper venture onto the screen.

I studied performing arts at college and wanted to act.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films.

When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.

When I was 12, I played the Artful Dodger in Cameron McKintosh's production of 'Oliver!' when it came to Toronto. Just getting the role shocked my whole family, and I don't think I realized until then just how much I loved getting up in front of people and performing.

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

I announced to my mother one day when I was 8 that I wanted to be a serious actress.

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.