Arthur Smith Quotes

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all.

I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.

I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in 'The Court Jester' or 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' or James Stewart in 'Winchester '73.' But I also like a lot of modern films.

I think wrestling is the one that presents theater for people who want to see some theater but don't necessarily have to dress up or be quiet while they're watching.

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.

I tend to go to the theater a lot. I've always loved it.

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.

I was never really a nerd. I'm not really into comic books or Dungeons and Dragons or any of that kind of stuff. I was in drama class, and I'm a big movie and music buff. And I'm into sports.

I've never gone to comedy clubs.

My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.

I'm an actor, not a clown.

We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy. There was a real love of music expressed in choirs, because you didn't have to have instruments except your voice.

I grew up wanting to entertain.

Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative.

There's a lot of theaters in New York. You can always go out and be around a lot of like-minded comedians.

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.

I like human-interest movies that are light-hearted.

I want to take up anything that excites me. It can be a drama, action or a comedy.

When people come to see me, they'll see what they know me for. Hits from the past, but I always mix in a little something new. New stuff. Old stuff. It creates a great show. There's a lot of crowd participation. A lot of interaction and energy. That's what I do best.

When I have an evening out I like to see big musicals where the whole audience is encouraged to giddy up out of the seat.

My mum asked me what I prefer, and I said, 'I never miss film, but I miss theater.'