Christian Camargo Quotes & Sayings

“Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of carpenters, and you're making a table, everyone would have a different way of doing it.”

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

“My parents had a difficult divorce.”

“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.”

“Shakespeare gives you these clues - these little pieces of gold dust, I call them. They tell you so much about the story, the character, the drive, the intentions. It's like a gift.”

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

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

“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.”