Katherine Parkinson Quotes

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.

Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting.

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

Moliere and Arthur Miller affected me at a very young age. In adulthood, I became overwhelmed by Chekhov. Those are my big theatrical influences.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks.

Every once in a while I play a true idiot, and they're really fun to play.

I studied at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano; I was a theatre actor.

I would like to work in both comedy and drama.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project.

I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

Really, the impetus driving me is I've always sung, but I like to act, I like drama, I like text, which is why opera is something I've come late to, I'd say.

Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.

Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works.

My first play was 'The Room', written when I was twenty-seven.

I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred.