Theatre Quotes
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To save the Theatre, the Theatre must be destroyed, and actors and actresses all die of the Plague ... they make art impossible.
Eleonora Duse
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The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should create work that makes you not have a choice.'
John Tiffany
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I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.
Jessica Raine
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A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.
Alan Rickman
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When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
Martin Freeman
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Theatre is not supposed to represent psychology but passions, which is totally different. Its role is to represent the soul's different emotional states, and those of the mind, the world history.
Ariane Mnouchkine
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If the theatre has taught me anything, it's that when things change in the body, in the body politic, in the body of the world, in the body of the earth, in the body of the person, there's change. You never go back.
Eve Ensler
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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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Theatre has so many competitors, it's no longer enough to see and hear a play. You want to be able to touch and smell it, too.
Lucien Bourjeily
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When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!
Lindsay Mendez
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What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.
Lusia Strus
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The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.
Carne Ross
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I've done panel shows, which I enjoy, and on those you're recording half-an-hour of TV and sometimes they film for two hours. But with 'Britain's Got Talent,' you're on camera for eight hours, with a large theatre audience watching - and in between you're being filmed for ITV2 as you eat your lunch.
David Walliams
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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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My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as a teenager trying to get away from the theatre.
Marianne Elliott
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I love that theatre can be political. You can go watch a play; it sends out messages, and you can go away thinking differently to the way you thought about it before.
Cressida Bonas
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I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.
Mel Smith
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Theatre is where I am confident and happy.
Marian Seldes
