Kevin James Quotes

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.

I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, 'I'll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.' Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.

I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to learn.

I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company.'

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.

When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

Over the years, I've had a slight ebbing and flowing of confidence in my non-comedic role abilities.

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

Working with film directors helps me grow, but nothing like the incremental jumps I make onstage.

I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing.