Gabrielle Carteris Quotes

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.

I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

I guess I've been extremely keen on theatre, on getting on to the stage, taking on different roles, enacting vocations, personalities, people, situations, and I guess that's the interest that has driven me to work in movies.

I think I'd always been interested in performing.

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.

I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

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

The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.

I have done a lot of theater.

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.