Eve Myles Quotes

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

There are definitely some set topics I go onstage with and want to talk about, but there's also an element of improvisation and spontaneity that I like to bring to each performance and talk about uniquely in that room.

Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

I do my best creating on stage.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the energy of the crowd and every single night it's different.

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.

I would feel ill without theater. It's kind of a cliche, but every time you make a mistake, you really do have to learn from it to move on. When you're doing something live, there's no time to dwell. Hopefully you'll laugh it off, but if not, you can always take a day to hate yourself.

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.

Acting is a mysterious process.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also have to challenge myself to make something funny out of a premise. I never have my own jokes written. I have to change things as I go along, and I have to entertain myself.

Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.