Aaron Stanford Quotes

The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.

I want to work with Cherry Jones.

I didn't want to be a Hollywood actress who every so often does a Broadway play. I wanted to be a Broadway actress who every so often does a movie.

When I did 'Amadeus,' I hadn't done a play for five years. And I was so happy doing it and felt so foolish that I hadn't done a play for such a long time that I wanted to go back and really kind of reach out for a classical career.

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.

I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.

The best-kept secret about Don Johnson is the fact that he is a terrific actor.

I worked consistently on Broadway from when I was 8 years old through 'Spring Awakening,' which I left in 2008.

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but it wasn't something I admitted to myself that I wanted to do, I guess.

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.

I did 'Othello' at the Oregon Shakes - I was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two and a half years. That's where my training is.

If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out that experience, unless you're a Pacino or a De Niro or somebody who gets to pick their parts.

I did so many acting jobs for nothing. I was in a play that opened on Christmas Eve above a police precinct on 54th Street. Three people showed up. One of them was an agent. It was my first agent.

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

Jessica Lange is my all-time favorite actress.

Looking at the actors I most admire - Judi Dench, Ian Holm, that whole generation - they all started in rep and slowly built themselves into the position where they could juggle theatre and film.

I was in my final year in college when I acted in 'Nanda Gokula.'

Tom Hanks is one of my favourite actors... I definitely want to work with him.

I saw my sister in this production of 'Whistle Down the Wind' - my sister was a really big theater kid - and when I saw her do that, I was so obsessed. Those were like my first words; I was singing along to the songs. From that point on, I did theater, and then I got into acting in film and television.

To do a year and a half on stage at the London Palladium was a buzz that's hard to beat.

I was so involved in the regular joy of school that I didn't do any plays. On a dare, I auditioned for 'South Pacific' my junior year. I showed up at the last minute to the audition and ended up getting cast as the lead. I haven't turned back since then.

For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.

My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.

I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.'

I would definitely go back to 'Kinky Boots' because that family, I think, is so wonderful and incredible, and my role and my part were just so fun to play. But I would definitely love to do other shows as well.