Robert Davi Quotes

In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!'

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to get into it but I've been so incredibly lucky in that I was brought up in to it. I still might go to drama school, if I wanted to do theater work, definitely. It's a completely different type of training.

I dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. I studied with the Royal Academy of London for 11 years, and that did not pan out, but my love for being on stage was born there. And then, I actually went to drama school in Paris, France. That's where it first started.

Currently, I work as an actor, but I still love music.

I used to just do movies for alimony purposes, between plays.

I started out doing the acting, and there was always an interest in music, and then the music just took off.

I want to expand what I do and definitely focus a little more in the acting, theater world.

I think I'd really enjoy doing some more theatre, because that's where I started off.

I always wanted to be in Bollywood and the first step towards that was by participating in school plays. I would get awards for my acting and that motivated me to get into Bollywood.

I'm the only actor in the family. My little brother does Parkour. My sister married a writer, so I think that's what sparked my interest in acting.

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.

I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.

The theatre, which is my most comfortable place, unfortunately it's very hard to make a living in.

I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing.

I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that.

I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go to my dream college that had one of the best performing arts programs, and then go to LA to follow my dream of being an actress.

Theater is the only thing I always came back to. When I was 9, I asked my mom if I could be on TV. She was like, "Well, okay. You can try."

I decided to have a regular childhood and not pursue [acting] until I left school, although I wrote plays, directed plays, and got involved in theatre at school. When I left school I decided that's that I was going to pursue and gave it a crack.

And Daniel?" She asked. "Daniel was a player-" "Hey!" "That's what they called the actors." Bill rolled his eyes.

If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don't go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that's what most of the people I knew did.

I wanted to be a theater actress, and initially, I wanted to work in musical theater