After ‘Dexter’ and ‘La Lupe’, I would love to return to theater. I’m just ready for more. – Lauren Velez
A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater. – Joel Hodgson
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor. – Lynn Shelton
While I love musical theater, it wasn’t the right fit for me. It’s so competitive, and I was at such a disadvantage, having started performing when I was 17. – Jack Falahee
I’m a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I’m very interested in that. – Kathleen Battle
I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche – a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress. – Meghan Markle
Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience. – Jason Moore
Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it’s really derived of many influences. – Joel Hodgson
I’ve always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training. – Luke Evans
When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent. – Luke Evans
We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that. – Jillian Bach
Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc. – Jack Zipes
I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal. – Kaniehtiio Horn
I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra. – Ken Curtis
There was no theater program or anything where I’m from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program. – Jeffrey Donovan
I was born in Newton, MA. Graduated from Brown University in 2001 with honors in English as a playwright. I attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Center in Waterford, CT just after Brown. I moved to NYC in 2002 and was a professional… waiter, for 3 years. – John Krasinski
The difference – the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive. – James Lipton
I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a ‘Newsweek’ article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running. – James St. James