Olivier Megaton Quotes

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.

Acting is very immediate.

As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.

Acting is always hard.

Theater was a big part of my life from the beginning.

Acting takes so much energy.

Theater is hard.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

An actor works with their soul and their thought.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas.

The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.

No matter how good you might be in a movie, you'll never be any better. But in a play, I can be better next Tuesday. That's the thrill of it.

When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

I like theater; I just don't really like actors.