Theatrical Talent Quotes

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

I don't consider myself a good actor.

Any of Bette Midler's concerts should be required viewing for every actor/performer. She has the audience in the palm of her hands at all times and can switch emotions on a dime: Great singer, great actress, great comedian - fearless.

I've always loved drama. This is a blessing because I can show a little bit of what I can do, and hopefully more, in the future.

The finest all-around performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent. She was the quickest, brightest person I ever worked with.

If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out.

I was the youngest of five, and I think my mother always knew I was meant to be an actress.

Géza Röhrig is just incredible because he's not an actor, he's a Hungarian poet. He also happens to be a brilliant actor. He's totally unusual, the way he talks and thinks and operates isn't in the same language as you're used to from actors who've been in a lot of things before. It brings this completely bizarre and fresh, wonderful way of approaching everything that I love being around. Not where I'm, as a producer, having to interact with him as an artist, but as somebody who can stand back and admire what he's bringing to this thing that I've nurtured to create a stage for him.

I've worked with some actors who can't act.

Woody Allen is a better actor than anybody from the Actors Studio, and he can be anybody he says he is.

It's always been the same for me. I've always enjoyed acting, and I really love good actors; they're such unique characters. I wish I could tell stories well, or tell a joke. Any time someone can do that it's so satisfying. Sean Penn, for instance, is a really good actor, and he can tell a good joke or story. But it's hard to do. Most actors have special talents that make them attractive, but they're often odd characters.

I got cast in a school play and I fell in love with that. I felt comfortable on stage and found out it was a brilliant way of expressing myself and I was happy and I could do it.

If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen.

I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor.

Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent.

It's a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi's work. Alas, we haven't worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don't think I've missed many of his great shows and performances.

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.

Actors, you kind of have these ebbs and flows. These moments where you're in your glory - where you're really cracking - and moments where you're not.

... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

My acting chops are awful.

Walter Matthau made all the big money and he was wonderful as Oscar Madison on the stage. You couldn't beat him. I know because I replaced him on Broadway. He was just delightful.