Theater Quotes
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I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.
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The theater has fallen into the hands of real estate men and syndicates and those who have no love or interest in the stage or its life, but who have considered it principally as a means to make money.
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By the time I was 10, I was doing plays for Phoenix theater. My first lead role was as the Stinky Cheese Man. I got a taste of the limelight, and I just couldn't stop. It was a way for me to be the artistic, geeky kid that I was, and not get beat up.
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On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters - words have to be used to express that, and I love that about theater.
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One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I feel I'm looking for characters. If the characters come from Bollywood, fine. If they come from Indian theater, perfect.
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I would love to work on Broadway, but I don't know that it would manifest itself in musical theater.... I have terrible stage fright that I'd have to get over.
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In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.
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I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
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Because the opposite of fascism isn't anarchy, it's theater.
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I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make – believe.
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I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.
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Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
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Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.
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I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.
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In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.
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I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.
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On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.
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When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.
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I always thought I would be a marine biologist because I love the sea - but considering the fact that I've always loved acting and the theater, I don't think I ever gave anything else much of a chance.
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I'm on Twitter every single week. It's sort of like being a playwright standing in the back of the theater.
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The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.
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I love theater: I can do shows that are completely different from one another. Altar Boyz had heavy dance moves, but also a comic edge to it. And now I'm utilizing all my physical skills: jumping on walls, doing pratfalls and bits and huge takes. My whole show is basically lining up one bit after the next.
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I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.
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I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.
