Christopher Lloyd Quotes

I learned more in the rehearsals for 'The Letter' than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot.

I have a background in theater. At the time I read 'The Loved Ones' script, I was playing Catherine the Great of Russia onstage. Straight after that, I played Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and Isabella in 'Measure for Measure.'

I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.

That's the difference between working on film and working in a play. In a play, you work on it, and you live in it and develop it and make it happen.

I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.

I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

I started at drama school at 18.

When I got the audition for 'Big Little Lies,' I knew this project was going to be different than anything I'd ever done. That didn't change the way I approached the role.

Do as much theatre as you can while you're at school.

I went to drama school.

I used to do theatre in school and college. When I started working on television, only the camera was new. Theatre experience really helps one lose inhibitions.

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

My mom pushed me to take drama class.

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.