Christian Camargo Quotes

No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.

Sometimes, there's a preconceived notion of how a scene or how a work should be delivered. And I see young performers sometimes try and deliver that, and it's not really true to their voice or who they are.

There's something about my Mexican-American heritage ... I'm proud of it.

I've played Hamlet and Coriolanus, Orlando in 'As You like It' and Ariel in 'Tempest,' among others.

When you are cast for a role, it's because of everything that makes you who you are in that moment in time. No one else has that. That's a unique, powerful thing to hold.

If you're going to do Shakespeare, do Shakespeare. There's a reason why he's been performed for hundreds of years. His words affect people on a very deep level. He's the true humanist. That all comes through his text, his words.

For reasons I don't fully understand, tragic love has a certain appeal.

Any part I do is a marriage of the words - what the playwright or producer or show runner's vision is - to how I would play it. It took me a while to get rid of 'Oh, they want it this way, so I'm going to do it how they want it.'

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

My father always said: 'If you want to know someone, live together on a boat.'