T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Quotes

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

Can I be a leading man? I don't believe myself to be; I don't think that I am, but I'm in this place as a performer where I think about how to make things smaller, more subtle.

Eventually, you know the rhythm of your character, of the set of the piece. It takes less energy for you to hit that point, and then everything resonates. But initially, it takes a tremendous amount of energy. You just hope it's gonna be okay and you don't forget your lines and those cameras.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

There is a drama queen in me, as I love acting, and I used to stand in front of the mirror and act since my childhood.

I wanted to be performer; like, I used to dance at weddings. I felt acting was my calling, and that is something I wanted to do.

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.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

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.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.

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.