Drama Industry Quotes

British drama can compete with America creatively. But the two systems are very different.

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important.

When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects.

I started off in drama, and there are so many women that I admire. Women in this industry are gladiators. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Taraji Henson, Regina Hall, Regina King.

It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. I mean, that's not normal.

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.

I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

All actors say they're concerned about the state of the theatre, but what they're really concerned about is that there'll be less work around.

I've worked in this business long enough that I know people who complain, like, 'My character does this, and my character does that,' and I think it's just ego talking.