Joan Fontaine Quotes

The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.

Joan Fontaine

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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.

Imelda May
- Up
- Time
- School
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!

Laura Marano
- You
- Feel
- Audience
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.

Madi Diaz
- Song
- Hand
- Teacher
I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

Vicki Lawrence
- Comedy
- Doing
- Audience
So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!

Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
- People
- Audience
- Songs
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

Nathan Fillion
- Time
- God
- School