“Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.” PlayPassionMusic IsSingingTheaterMusicalBackgroundsPianoPerformingMy PassionMusical TheaterMusic Is My Passion Author:Janel Parrish
“I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.” WantEndsTheaterPerformingDancerThe End Of The DayBalletBallet DancerAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Misty Copeland
“I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.” DifferentPlayShowsTvsTheaterRaisedPerformingTv Shows Author:Bea Arthur
“I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside of the old cowboy-or-fireman. When I was in college, I got serious about acting. I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.” IfsArtIdeasEyeWantedActingStudyAliveCollegeSeriousTheaterNo IdeaPerformingRelatedIf I CouldLinksCowboyExaminingFireman Author:Billy Crystal
“Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved theater people.” PeopleFirstsRealRunningSchoolStudentsHigh SchoolOrganizationTheaterOriginalsUniversityCastsPerformingVanderbilt Author:Nancy Allen
“My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team. We charged money for tickets, saying the proceeds went to our school's recycling program. Then, immediately after the show, we divided up all the money and kept it.” FirstsShowsSchoolBlackTeamMembersHigh SchoolFirst TimeProgramTheaterBoxesPerformingDividedTicketsBasementsRecyclingBlack Boxes Author:Joe Mande
“When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating!” FeelsAudienceTheaterConnectedPerformingExhilarating Author:Laura Marano
“Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.” ActorsVoiceClassAudienceCreativeComedyFrontsComfortablePerformancesTheaterBackgroundsProducersFearlessPerformingCompetentHandyStand Up ComedySelf ConfidentLive PerformanceLive TheaterPerforming Live Author:Rob Paulsen
“I've always been into theater and movies. When I was in school, I did a monologue for my talent show. I would go to the local theater. I was always in dance. I was always performing. That was always my thing.” ShowsSchoolTalentTheaterLocalsPerformingMonologuesTalent Show Author:Odeya Rush
“I still get excited performing live. When you see the immediate reaction from a crowd, its like being a theater performer, its something you can't get from being a writer or being an ad man ... its almost ritualistic.” MenStillsTheaterCrowdsExcitedReactionsPerformingPerformersAdsPerforming Live Author:Marilyn Manson
“I have a children's theater background, so I grew up performing for child audiences; it's sort of my specialty. I know the child audience pretty well - or felt like I did because I performed for them so much. I studied a lot about the child audience, about theater. So it was naturally a place that I gravitated to.” KnowsWellsChildrenFeltAudienceGrewGrew UpTheaterBackgroundsPerformingSpecialty Author:Linda Woolverton
“I've always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you have not been able to get me out of the theater.” FirstsPlayAbleSchoolFiguresTheaterEnjoyedPerformingSkatingFigure SkatingSchool Plays Author:Daniela Bobadilla
“I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.” SchoolActingCompanyClassMomInvolvedTheaterMy MomLocalsPerformingDance ClassPre School Author:Fiona Gubelmann
“I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film.” YearsArtDoneSchoolFilmActingNew YorkHigh SchoolTheaterPerformingAnd OffPerforming Arts Author:Carole King
“Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage eventually.” AudienceAliveStageMissingReturnTheaterPerformingGratificationImmediate Gratification Author:Brendan Dooling
“Performing in a live theater is absolutely unbeatable. It is something I have done my entire life and have a gift, it seems, for sharing thoughts live.” DoneSeemsTheaterPerformingUnbeatableLive Theater Author:Val Kilmer
“If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film. This global thing of performing arts gives me strength.” IfsGivingArtFilmMissingTelevisionGive MeTheaterPerformingPerforming ArtsGive Me Strength Author:Richard Sammel
“I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have a B.A. in acting, with a concentration in theater performance and a minor in musical theater. I studied there for three years.” YearsArtSchoolThreeActingCollegeHigh SchoolPerformancesTheaterMusicalPerformingConcentrationThree YearsMinorsManhattanPerforming ArtsMusical Theater Author:Jenna Ushkowitz
“Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth when he's performing, but when the show is over, he's sad and troubled. I wish he could live in the eternal present, because in the theater everything remains in memories and photographs. Literature, on the other hand, allows you to live in the present and to remain in the pantheon of the future. Literature is a way to say, I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, this is my name.” MenWaySaidShowsHandsEarthActorsFatherLiteratureNamesWishMemoriesEternalOvercomingTheaterRemainsPhotographBest WayPerformingLive In The PresentSignaturesPantheonHappiest Man Author:Ilan Stavans