Jonathan Pryce Quotes

I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.

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

As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

I'm an actor and this is a role I'm playing. But people can get wacky.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.

I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.

Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.

I think the reason I got into it is because you get to be someone else. There are, like, two percent of people in the actors' union who actually make money off of it, so I feel very blessed to be here.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

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.

I think of myself as an actor.

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

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.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I really enjoy being an actor!

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

My very first role was with James Earl Jones on 'Gabriel's Fire' on TV. He drove a Chevy Citation, which is the exact same car that I bought from a guy in San Francisco called Sandy Boone. I showed up on set, and James Earl Jones was driving the car I had bought from Sandy for $250.

When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.