Theatre Quotes
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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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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 took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall's Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself.
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This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit.
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The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America.
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I went to New York University to study experimental theatre in 2006 and was there pretty consistently until 2011.
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I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.
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Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!
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I'd love to teach theatre arts.
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I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.
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When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
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The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically.
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My heroes were all in the theatre.
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I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.
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I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.
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I love theatre. It's far more satisfying than film. Sometimes there's a collective sigh from the audience, or it's so quiet you can hear a pin drop. I couldn't believe how easy acting was when there's an audience; after a few previews I almost couldn't do it without one.
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I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.
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Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
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What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.
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I first decided to become an actor at school. A teacher gave us a play to do and that had a major impact. At first, I wanted to work in the theatre, but there was something about the ambience of film, especially American films, that always attracted me.
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I did audition a lot. One's agent is keen to get you into film and TV because there's more money. I was always getting myself into commitments to theatre companies.
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I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.
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Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.
