Audra McDonald Quotes

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

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.

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had many plays in my films. I feel like maybe theater is a part of my movie work.

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.

Acting is something I'm extremely passionate about.

I played Li'l Abner and Batman in school plays; I wanted to be an actor to play all these different characters.

I've been doing dramas for a long time.

My best work happened on the stage.

I never went to drama school. It's a brilliant thing for the right type of person, but I threw myself in the deep end.

Acting is something I've always loved and enjoyed.

My mom pushed me to take drama class.

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

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

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

Acting is the way I make my living.

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.