Kate O'Mara Quotes

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

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

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

Even when I became the typical shy adolescent, I never minded performing. I felt there was a kind of safety, a protection about being on stage, about losing myself in another character.

I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.

I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't see it so much as becoming another person onstage; it's more exploring a different side of your personality.

Honestly, I'm a shallow performer. I just go with the text and feel my way around it. There's not a whole lot of shaping.

For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.

I was always getting caught for running my mouth. Which is why it was the best thing for me to get into acting so I could express myself.

It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of what they're doing that feels truthful - and also to raise awareness when they might be resorting to habits and tricks, which every actor has.

I had always heard that theatre is for 'serious' actors but after actually having rehearsed day in and day out, I realize how challenging it is.

It takes me some time to get into what I am doing - since I am not a trained actor, I don't have that skill. I have to think of what I am doing and how it comes through.

I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves.

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are performing in front of a live audience.

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

I transitioned into theater and acting when I was about 9, community theater and musicals, being, like, chorus-kid-number-78 or whatever. But I just loved it. As a kid you just crave attention, and early on I just felt it was so cool and fun to play around and have people clap for me. But eventually I grew up and fell deeper into it.

One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.'