My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why I have kept a real relation with the Art world, by putting books from the beginning in my shops' windows.
What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.
I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.
Sometimes I think, 'To hell with acting' and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.
I always thought I would be a marine biologist because I love the sea - but considering the fact that I've always loved acting and the theater, I don't think I ever gave anything else much of a chance.
I went into acting because I'm easily bored. Acting seemed to give vent to a lot of different feelings.
On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.
I am more comfortable doing a drama.
'Saturday Night Live' is a whole different arena. It's great fun and I love it and that's what we do in the Practical theater. I believe in it wholeheartedly and will do it the rest of my life. But there's also legitimate theater, be it comedy, drama, classics or modern plays which I think is important and something I want to be involved in too.
A nation that does not support and encourage its theater is - if not dead - dying; just as a theater that does not capture with laughter and tears the social and historical pulse, the drama of its people, the genuine color of the spiritual and natural landscape, has no right to call itself theater; but only a place for amusement.
I'd love to work with Rachel McAdams, because she's a great actress.
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.
Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer?
I got into acting because I wanted to act and I love acting. That's my true north: to be creative and to be challenged in what I love to do.
My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
My passion is acting, and has always been. It's what brought me to this point of being able to diversify and do other things, and I hope it's something I'll continue to have a passion for.
Acting is my first love. There are still so many characters inside of me that are waiting to come out.
I love to act and that's sort of my first love. That's what I started out doing.
I think there are a lot of actors who act because they have an impulse to do it and they can't ignore it.
If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.
I wanted to be an actor because it gave me the opportunity to express myself in ways I wasn't comfortable expressing myself, as a kid growing up in St. Louis.
That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
I resisted being an actor for some time.
I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'
Money or no money, acting is my calling.
