Chris Eigeman Quotes

My first role was on Broadway from 1963-64 in Chips With Everything.' It was very well reviewed but not very well attended.

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

I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.

I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'

We performers sacrifice so much for your entertainment.

I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.'

I did not want to go onstage and play Led Zeppelin songs; there has to be more than that. I wanted to create a complete experience of what Led Zeppelin means to me, growing up around them and being part of it all my life.

A good actor just wants to deliver the writing to the audience who've paid that night. There's an agonising desire to get it right.

In theatre, after the curtain rises, it's all about me. I can either elevate myself with my performance or be mediocre.

I was 17 when I first acted on stage. I was a part of an Urdu adaptation of 'Spartacus' in the titular role.

I agree that some of my performances in America, apart from having drama and excitement, have been a little under my estimation for performance.

I did my first play when I was 7.

Some actors just have a quality, a way of combining music and character and story, where everything just falls into place.

I saw my sister in this production of 'Whistle Down the Wind' - my sister was a really big theater kid - and when I saw her do that, I was so obsessed. Those were like my first words; I was singing along to the songs. From that point on, I did theater, and then I got into acting in film and television.

My first assignment was a curtain-puller for 'The Curious Savage.'

I fell in love with art and music and dance and acting and how all those things can cultivate something really special and unique - depending on the performance and the show. That really kind of helped me develop my love of theater.

I was in my final year in college when I acted in 'Nanda Gokula.'

It's wonderful to do a play that really means something.

As a creative person, you never embark on something thinking it will be substandard.

I would definitely go back to 'Kinky Boots' because that family, I think, is so wonderful and incredible, and my role and my part were just so fun to play. But I would definitely love to do other shows as well.

When people ask me to describe my journey in Hindi cinema post-'Barfi!' I actually don't know what to say.

The truth is, a lot of people go to drag shows, really, for very light entertainment, and I think sometimes maybe we don't even give the audiences enough credit as to what they'd be down for.

I'm a drama kid at heart. That is definitely where my heart and soul is. I did 'Hairspray' in high school - I was Seaweed.

The success of 'Dhruva' has given me more satisfaction than any of my previous hits, simply because the audience accepted the film even though it was experimental. I really hope this kind of acceptance makes experimental cinema the new mainstream cinema.

I would hope to make a record that interacts with culture in a macro sense. That is something to aspire to.