Chris Rock Quotes

I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

Something I learned as an actor was which scenes needed to be rehearsed and which actors are good with rehearsal, which actors learn from it, and which ones grow stale because they start to second-guess themselves.

I really miss the rehearsal process of theater.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to learn.

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

I was an anguished little girl with just one wish: to become an actor. I debuted in live theater at 14 with Dario Niccodemi's 'La Nemica.'

Acting in a scene is easy.

You never learn to act in front of a camera. You never learn anything in front of a camera. But you learn to act in a rehearsal room with a good play and a good cast and a good director.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

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.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

When I was in high school, I was a bad singer. I mean, all my early acting was musical theater, and my first ever show was 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' Everyone's familiar with it. I played priest number 3 and sang so out of tune that it's not even funny.

I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.