Vanessa Kirby Quotes

As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.

If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

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!

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.

You just have to play the character.

Every time you're on stage, you're acting.

My job as an actor is to be visible and to tell stories.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.

Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

If you want to be an actor because you want to be recognized on the street and have people ask you for autographs, look for another career. If you want to be an actor because you love being on stage and want to capture a person's heart, go for it.

I'm most at home on the stage.

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that you look forward to, lines that jump out like a jack-in-the-box; you're thinking: 'Wait till you hear this.'

I started on the stage when I was 13 and I consider the stage my home.

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

I just love acting.

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene.