Tatiana Maslany Quotes

The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show business - I think it will bring me happiness. I hope so.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

I really love being onstage - that's kind of home base - but I love the camera, too. I love it all.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention.

My home has always been show business.

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.

I'm going to be an actor.

Show business is my life.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

I was born to be on the stage.

I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

I used to go to auditions, mainly for talent competitions like 'Opportunity Knocks.'

I love playing live, and doing big TV shows are exciting.

I just love to sing and dance and act. Being on stage is an amazing feeling.

Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them.

They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.

The talking shows allow me to come out of my cave and that's why those shows go on for so long. I hate walking off stage. Sometimes I walk off and I miss them as I'm walking off the stage. I wonder if they'll let me go another hour. That's why I do it: to communicate, to get points across.

My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that.

Not long ago a friend asked me what was the greatest pleasure I got from spending my whole life as an actor. There have been so many that I had to think about that for a moment. Then I said, 'Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd'.

It is very rewarding to walk out on stage, feeling the love and reception.

All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.