Thespians Cartoons and Comics

"If you hurry, you can make the matinée."

"This is so unexpected – I didn't even prepare a speech."

Jumbo in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck

"O.K., I just found my wife in bed with my best friend and I go into a rage. What's my motivation?"

"I'm so nervous – my cat is here to see the play."

Oscars acceptance speech.

'Hello, I'm your understudy.'

'Lately I've been feeling the lure of the stage.'

"Before I play dead what's my motivation?"

"Somebody tell me...what's my motivation?"

A DVD bonus feature – the actor's commentary

"Just because you got a lead role in community theater doesn't mean our handyman has to avoid eye contact."

Now in its 27th year - Sirens with Original Cast.

'Will somebody turn down the heating before we lose all of our applicants?!'

Ventriloquist Grave

'Not that I think you'll need it. But good luck with the 'Jack and the beanstalk' audition.'

'I'm arresting you on suspicion of thespionage.'

'No, I don't want to see your personal interpretation of the role. Just stand there and say, ho, ho, ho!'

"Friends, Romans, countrymen - lend me your ears..."

'He's done a lot of Pinter' (actor delivers famous line from Hamlet, but punctuated with long pauses)

Distinguished actor in between glorious career and glowing obituaries.

Man at desk to mime: 'You heard wrong, sir - it's the United MINE workers.'

Yorick skull tells Hamlet: 'Some might say I've taken Method acting too far.'

'My supporting cast.'

'You're looking for someone to play the part of a washed-up, hammy actor?... Hold on, I have someone here who could've been born for the part.'