Martin Lawrence 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.

Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18.

I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - it's a lot of fun because there's no responsibility. You let other people have the headaches. The director has all of the headaches.

When I do a play, it's like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

I have numerous clear glasses at home. I probably have thirty pairs. I think it started for acting. I have tons of clothes that just sit there. But if that one role comes up, I'm going to want that shirt. And I have glasses for that, too.

I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.

I've done plays where you get into the run and can go to auditions during the day, or can have lunch with someone, and then you go to half-hour and show up.

Whenever I was done with a scene, I'd go back to my trailer, relax and go over my lines. I'd think, 'I can't wait to get out there.'

Theatre is home - I grew up doing it - and that is never going to change.

I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.

I'm an actress. It's my passion.

I think of myself as an actor.

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part.

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.