Theatre Quotes
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I started - well, in England it works a little bit differently. You have to do Fringe theatre, which is basically free theatre. You do it in pubs and small theaters and village halls across the country, and you work for a theatre company. You're part of a troupe.
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I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.
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My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.
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I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.
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When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
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In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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When I left the theatre and turned to writing, one of the big pulls was that, unlike the theatre, I didn't have to wait to be hired before I could do my art. That was huge. But you still have to figure out how to support your habit; it's rare and lucky when art pays the bills.
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
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Most people don't think of Los Angeles as a theatre town, and that you have to go to New York to be in theatre, and it's really not true.
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My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.
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I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.
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I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.
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The theatre fulfills, whereas the cinema is empty.
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Every character is a part of you and a part of the character that you are going to evolve into that you are not yet.
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The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.
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I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.
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My parents took me to shows starting when I was a very little kid. I remember seeing Henry IV at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC and our neighbor, who was playing Banquo, winked at me during the curtain call. I remember thinking "he can SEE ME?!" I was hooked from then. I wanted to be part of the place where you can escape the world, and also wink at it.
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I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.
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Trying to balance theatre and film is really important to me.
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Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are the two great centers for the propagation of platitudes.
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I loved watching theatre, and film, and television. It was a fantastic outlet and my favourite thing to do. I can't remember the decision. It just felt like a completely natural thing... I just completely felt drawn into it and seduced by it all. I found myself going into it.
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People's relationship to what they want from theatre is changing. People, including me, are still looking for the next STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. And people can't or won't write that anymore.
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What success I achieved in the theatre is due to the fact that I have always worked just as hard when there were ten people in the house as when there were thousands. Just as hard in Springfield, Illinois as on Broadway.
