It really is individual for everyone, but for me, theater is where I learn and grow, and that is always a good thing. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
I have a really embarrassing reaction to horror films. I break out in a fever. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
Producing is a wonderful foil to being an actor: acting being largely about getting out of my head, being present, a little irresponsible, whilst producing is the polar opposite. You need other players to act; you can’t act in a void, but producing is about making something out of nothing – conjuring a thought or an idea into reality. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
In my gap year between college and drama school, I taught art at a hospice and worked at a little coffee shop across the street from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London when everything around it was still a construction zone. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
Watching my stepfather and mother working in the industry – acting and composing – and seeing firsthand how difficult it is to achieve a successful career in the theater, I thought it might be safer to go to art school with the aim of becoming a painter. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
My first paying job was a in a production of Neil LaBute’s ‘Bash: Latter Day Plays’ at the Union Street theater in Borough. I played the ‘Medea Redux’ character. That was my first job out of drama school. I can’t remember how much I got paid. I’m sure it was pennies. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
I did a film called ‘Days and Nights,’ which is a modern-day retelling of and inspired by Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull.’ Juliet Rylance Read Quote
If you love classical playwrights, seek out companies or places that are doing that. If you love modern playwrights, try to find groups who are writing new plays or working on new plays. If you love television, watch as much theater and film as you can. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
We work so hard as young artists to further our careers or improve our technique, sometimes it gets so easy to not actually go and see things like a play or a film. I think the best way to get better is to see other actors do what they do well. Juliet Rylance Read Quote
