Jeff Perry Quotes

I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces.

I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare's.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.

When I was younger, I acted in some Shakespeare stuff; I did one Shakespeare camp.

I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

I don't get called very often to play innocents.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

I have a background in theater. At the time I read 'The Loved Ones' script, I was playing Catherine the Great of Russia onstage. Straight after that, I played Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and Isabella in 'Measure for Measure.'

I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.

I learn the lines and pray to God.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

I went to drama school. I'm classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare's comedies over his dramas.

I don't know, I'd love to try some theater. That's my other thing. I'd love to do some Shakespeare.

I never played an ingenue.