Theatre Quotes
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When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.
Anne-Marie Duff
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I am a father, and sometimes I want to stay close to home. By varying the workplace, it gives me space to breathe. I enjoy theatre because it reminds me I'm mortal, and it's terrifying when it goes wrong but the most thrilling experience when it flies.
Colin Salmon
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It is hard to get good actors who also do television, ads and films. Theatre requires six weeks of rehearsal for a play.
Lillete Dubey
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Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.
John Tiffany
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The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me.
Neil Sedaka
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Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.
Victor Hugo
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There is so much freedom I enjoy in theatre. In films, the roles are limited.
Lillete Dubey
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There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.'
Alice Ripley
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It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'
Twyla Tharp
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I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet.
Ashley Jensen
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In my heart of hearts, I love theatre. It's the joy and terror of putting a play on, the creativity of it. It is infinitely harder than film and television and more tiring. Your performance is heightened in the way it isn't with film.
Janet McTeer
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Our intention is to develop music, theatre and exhibition activities on the Far Eastern regions.
Vladimir Putin
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When I was child, I was intoxicated by celebrities, showbiz and theatre, but from a child's perspective, where they seem far away.
Billy Eichner
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Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't.
Clive Rowe
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People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.
Brian Cox
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As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.
George Bernard Shaw
