Claire Tomalin Quotes

If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out.

I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.

Actors are a peculiar breed.

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.

I was no thespian.

One of things I'd love to do one day is a Shakespeare with Trevor Nunn. I've done musicals with him, but never Shakespeare. There's no one better.

I think acting is a gift.

Acting was my first love before music.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

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

I'm going to be an actor.

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

I can relate to anything. I once played Macbeth. I got a lot of laughs, so I quit.

I've always believed, maybe naively, that 'The play's the thing.'

A lot of respect to people who do theatre, but I wouldn't make a good theatre actor is what I feel.

I am inclined to acting. I like to act and I like being an actor.

From the first audition on stage, I knew I loved acting.

Actors and singers share common ground in that they both express something.

Acting has been my passion from the minute I started. I was pretty young when I wanted to be a doctor, but when I started doing theater work as a freshman in high school, the first time I hit the stage I was like, If I can do this every day, life won't get any better!

In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.

I'm definitely not a dancer. I can move well, but it's more about the acting and the singing for me. Acting and singing are completely different, so I can't say which one I love better because I love them both. I love acting because I get to play different characters. But I also love my music because I get to portray me.

I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.

I was always an entertainer.