Theater Quotes
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I would really love theater. I would love to do Shakespeare, that would be amazing. You know, it's whatever really comes my way.
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The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous; that is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.
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To be an actor in the society in Israel, you have to be ten times better than the Israeli Jews. To get the roles in mainstream theater or to get any role, not typecast as an Arab. And also if you are ten times better, not all the time you get the opportunity.
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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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Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
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Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.
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I knew my own mother had been in the theater for a while and had taught children, because she used to teach me the pieces that she taught them, but she did much more than that.
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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 wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.
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Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I was still very into being cool. So I played a lot of basketball and football. But I always had that want to be in theater and to be a part of theater arts. But in my school, it was just a really nerdy thing to be a part of. Everyone in my school wore bowler hats - they were always on, always acting, and all so big. I was like, "I can't be that", even though I wanted to be.
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My work in the theater began to shift more towards young audience type of work and education programs for children, arts education programs.
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Theater has always been terrifying to me.
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I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.
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It's so fun to do theater, because as opposed to television, you just keep doing it again and again and again - every night. Sometimes it lands beautifully, and sometimes it lands just beside of it. It's like throwing a horseshoe. It's great fun.
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I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and engage in that. I think that could be a very powerful experience.
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The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one particular style and taste for nearly 40 years.
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There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.
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I lost 100 pounds and embraced theater and music as what I was going to make for the rest of my life.
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The theater should be free to the people just as the Public Library is free, just as the museum is free. ... I want the theater to be made accessible to the people.
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I love theater. Like, every time I go to New York, I see a play.
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I'd say there are two kinds of theater: one you end with an answer, one you end with a question.
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I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.
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My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers.
