Alan King Quotes

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

Theatricality is a concept. It's not a specific language.

I've always liked being on the performance end of it. I've come up with different ideas, but as far as being a creative writer, I'm not sure about that. I've always liked the performance end of it and wrestling, getting in the ring in front of a live crowd.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

I do my best creating on stage.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

Acting is a mysterious process.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

I love the theater of me.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

Actors are a peculiar breed.

We're entertainers. We're theatrical.

I love working in theater because it's such a challenge to have the audience right there in front of you. If you mess up, you have to figure it out and keep going. There's no take two! I do hope to return to the stage someday. I really love to sing.

Anytime you give a man in a wig a microphone, anything can happen.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

Acting takes so much energy.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

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

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.