Theatre Quotes
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The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
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But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.
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I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.
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I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.
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I will always choose to work in a movie based on whether I would want to watch it - if I would be willing to spend money in a theatre on it. The script and the people you will work with come after that.
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I would love to do more theatre, musicals... everything.
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The wonderful thing about writing for theatre is you can go anywhere you want with the language. There are no limits. With film, they frown on language - it's always 'Too many words.'
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I saw a production of 'The Seagull' at Dallas Theatre Center when I was in high school, and it really did a number on me.
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Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.
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When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.
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'The Hateful Eight' is like theatre.
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Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so many places you can work, still. If I had begun to think of myself as a film actor, I think I would have got distracted.
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A creative and artistic home is what I've been looking for in the theatre.
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I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it's just an amazing life that I've experienced.
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I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction.
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My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me. I never really wanted to do anything else.
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One of my first memories is running up and down the theatre at Wakefield Opera House.
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I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.
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The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.
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I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was in the air. I could not make the people laugh.
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You can see some very great theatre actors who don't work at all well on screen. They're trying too hard at it.
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Los Angeles doesn't have as vital a theatre as New York does. And that's something that really interests me.
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My heroes were all in the theatre.
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My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.
