Sam Claflin Quotes

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show.

I've never played a character that would sing.

I can't sing, so... I don't know if I will be doing any musicals.

In high school, my first thing ever was I played Tony in 'West Side Story' when I was about 17. I was a really shy kid, and I just, like, forced myself to learn how to sing this one month because I loved 'West Side Story' so much, and I somehow managed to get the role.

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'

A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.

As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I am acting at university, and I have really enjoyed doing student drama.

I was terrible in my first play. After that experience, I had to face that I wasn't good enough to play with the big boys. I had to go away and learn, so I worked in regional theater for three years. I even understudied at the Kennedy Center.

I'm playing a powerhouse singer who is big competition, but she's also really down to earth and sweet. But the whole sweet thing goes away when she's in competition mode. I love the show, so I'm very excited to be a part of it. I'm going to kill it on 'Glee!'

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

Le Petit is where I cut my teeth with some of my early roles. In 1982, I was in the chorus of 'Gypsy' and soon after I had my first lead as Jamie Lockhart in 'The Robber Bridegroom.'

I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.