Georg Buchner Quotes

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

On every show that I have been on, I have played myself.

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

For me, everything is a performance.

I think the stage is the place where I feel most comfortable and most myself.

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

Doing theater, I call it concentrated shampoo. You put a dime in the palm of your hand and you get a headful of lather. When you do a play, you're there for two and a half hours, and you live a lifetime.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.