I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

I am basically a religious man.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I was rather a fat little boy.

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

I love the theatre and theatre people.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

If you asked me for my New Year resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I prefer theatre but TV keeps you well known.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.

The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.

I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier.

I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old.

I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit.

I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

Theatre sports is the best improv training period.

You can only do so much theatre.

I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.

When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.