Justin Chadwick Quotes

The first stage play I ever did was a school play called 'The Wishing Chair.'

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

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

I was 10, and I played Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island' at school, and this great Liverpudlian actor called Andrew Schofield - he was Johnny Rotten in 'Sid And Nancy' - came to watch it, and he had a word with my mum and dad afterwards and told them I should have a go at the Everyman youth theatre. I've never looked back.

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

My first major role was in a play called 'Through the Leaves.'

When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.'

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I did a school play when I was 10 where I played a cold germ infecting a whole classroom of kids. The play was called 'Piffle It's Only a Sniffle.' I'd never had so much fun. It was a thrill.

The stage is my first love.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call.

After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth Night's Viola to 'The Merchant Of Venice's Portia'.