Kate Burton Quotes

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

I was no thespian.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

I'm in love with everything about show business. The only thing that ever came easy to me in life has been acting.

For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to job.

In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.

I am the only one in my family to get into acting.

My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.

As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

I'm an actress. It's my passion.

I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

Actors are crazy or we wouldn't be doing this.