Charlie McDowell Quotes

I started in community theater at 7 years old. I loved being on stage and performing. At the time, I didn't correlate that the stuff I was doing on stage was the same thing that I was watching in my favorite films.

Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I do, it's just for fun. It is actually a hobby for me now. I do still love stage acting, but the day-to-day process of being an actor is so exhausting and so taxing.

I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door on it. Even though it's been quite a bit of time since I've done a play, last one was in New York.

I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.

Acting is something that I've always wanted to do and been interested in.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

Modeling is a lot of fun, but I prefer acting. It's so much fun to get to play different characters and transform into someone else for a while.

To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot.

I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Acting is the way I make my living.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'

I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films.

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

Acting is my job.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.