Andrea Jeremiah Quotes

I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.

I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.

I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.

I've been acting since I was a kid, so I just feel confident in the fact that I can do it to some degree. I've never thought I was amazing; I've just thought, 'I know this, I can do it.'

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 remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character.

I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress.

I've done a lot of acting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest, but I'd love to act, I'd love to sing.

With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.

I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I'm a ham for this stuff.

Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

I think I was born to be an actor.

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 discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.

I like to act with people that know what they're doing.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

I am acting at university, and I have really enjoyed doing student drama.

I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.