Theatre Quotes
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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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You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is no theatre here. This is just me playing the songs.' At some point I just realised how much better it could be if you weren't shy about being a performer.
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Live theatre provides a rush you can't get in film or television. But it is the TV and film work that offers the leisure to go off and do a play.
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I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.
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There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there.
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I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.
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Cornelia Parker has inspired a lot of my theatre work. Her art is about points of impact: it's poetic but with a strong literal story.
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Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.
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History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background.
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Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
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The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
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It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.
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The theatre fulfills, whereas the cinema is empty.
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Besides with a massive, imponderable work like this, you can only ever get near it and challenges like that restore your confidence. I feel more ready for theatre than ever.
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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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I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company.
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Embarrassment is a partner in the creative act.
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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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I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.
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Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.
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The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape.
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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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What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I don't get impatient in the theatre.
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I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.
