Judy Davis Quotes

As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The Zoo Story.' He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.

I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.

I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays.

Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

You're not going to learn about acting on TV and in film. You'll learn more in plays and in class.

I have no interest in watching myself act.

I'm an actor of the theater.

I definitely caught acting bug.

I am just an actor, and this is my job. What I am doing is not extraordinary.

I'm as thrilled watching Mark Rylance do Shakespeare as I am watching 'The Book of Mormon.'

I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

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

It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.