Alfred Jarry Quotes

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

I started in theater, and I love to go back to theater, just to have the experience and recharge my batteries, creatively.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

I love the process of discovering a new world - that's why I'm passionate about acting. It's just discovering life, feelings, ideas and thought.

As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

I was always a performer even as a child; I loved delving into various characters.

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

Something that I really enjoy doing is creating and being a part of very different characters and very different projects.

I have a passion to do theater.

I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.