Hugo Weaving Quotes

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.

I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

I jump at any chance to go back into theater.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage eight times a week.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.

I love just a stage.

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 spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.

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

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.

From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.

The stage calls my name.

There are always leading characters. There are always complex characters; there are very rewarding plays with great directors and tremendous playwrights, yeah. I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

I'd love to return to theater.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

The stage is near and dear to me.

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

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

I love the stage.

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.