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

I think having eight kids evens things out a bit. You learn about the world; you learn about the world; you learn you've got to get along. We're all - if anything - very adjustable.

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

You have to be awake at 6 a.m., when everyone else is asleep.

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on.

Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.

I draw whatever hits me.

All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.

I played a lot of character parts in school.

Obviously, you check tht she's safe, she's clean, got all the fingers and toes, like that's going to help them through life. It'll help them walk, but you can't pull them out and check their IQ or anything.

It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable.

It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression.

For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.

The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.

Melissa and I have the best working relationship, and we feel that Jack and Jennifer have so much more to do.

Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.

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.