Ridley Scott Quotes

I had some experience writing collaboratively when I wrote for the theatre.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.

I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.

I started out producing theatre in New York.

Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

Acting is my job.

Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.

Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC.

I don't direct the plays of others.

There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.

The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is.

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage.

Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.

Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood.