Theater Quotes
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Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.
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There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.
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I saw 'Animal House' in the theater the night before I left for college. And for better or worse, it made an impression. Within a week, I was in a fraternity myself.
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If you're in a theater, people are texting, all around you. You have the little glowing screens everywhere. Think of how annoying that can be.
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When you're sitting in the theater watching your own work be performed, you get to see people's reactions immediately. Unlike with a book, you don't have to wait for responses. That's very satisfying. Unless it's a joke that falls flat.
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If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life.
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The theater commitment is hard, especially in conjunction with a television commitment. That's a big, long commitment.
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In film, there are two ways of including human beings. One is depicting human beings. Another is to create a film form which, in itself, has all the qualities of being human: tenderness, observation, fear, relaxation, the sense of stepping into the world and pulling back, expansion, contraction, changing, softening, tenderness of heart. The first is a form of theater and the latter is a form of poetry.
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I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.
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I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think there's advantages and disadvantages to all of them. The fact that this was a small film without much money and without much time made it rich in energy and momentum and drive when we were actually making it 'cause that's all you've got. You've just got the story and the people.
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I've been doing theater for a long time, so that's something I understand. I'm such a babe in the woods when it comes to TV and film. I'm still learning. It's exciting.
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The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.
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Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.
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L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like you're doing something cute.
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I can’t imagine ever giving up theater; it’s been a part of who I am since I was eight years old.
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I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema.
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The Jews are an artistic people. It's clear from the music, the actors, the writers. They are just artists. In the early part of the 20th century, when they first came over, they had no money, but they still went to theater. The theater and education were the two biggest things in their lives.
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The mistake that men make is that they do not believe in theater. Otherwise, they would know that every man is allowed to play thecelestial tragedies and to become god. All he has to do is harden his heart.
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I remember I made $22 a week doing dinner theater in Norfolk, Virginia. Back then, in the '70s, that was pretty good for a teenager, for a part-time job.
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I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
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Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.
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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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Because the opposite of fascism isn't anarchy, it's theater.
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The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.
