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"Theatre is immediate gratification."
Chita Rivera
"Theatre is immediate gratification."
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"There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle."
Wole Soyinka
"There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle."
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"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."
Kim Cattrall
"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."
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"You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be."
Katherine Dunham
"You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be."
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"I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts."
Matthew Ashford
"I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts."
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"I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card."
Jacqueline McKenzie
"I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card."
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"A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington."
David Amram
"A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington."
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"Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked."
Rachel Dratch
"Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked."
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"All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists."
Stephen Sondheim
"All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists."
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"Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater."
Ivan Reitman
"Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater."
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"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."
Laura San Giacomo
"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."
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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
Cate Blanchett
"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
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"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress."
Oskar Werner
"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress."
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"I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star."
Sherry Stringfield
"I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star."
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"I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre."
Cyril Cusack
"I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre."
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"A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not."
Robert Ludlum
"A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not."
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"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."
Steven Berkoff
"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."
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"No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing."
Vincent D'Onofrio
"No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing."
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"I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat."
Gary Sinise
"I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat."
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"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."
Konstantin Stanislavisky
"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."
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"I'm theater trained."
Steve Zahn
"I'm theater trained."
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"Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders."
Megan Gallagher
"Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders."
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"I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek."
Mandy Moore
"I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek."
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"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath."
Peter Gallagher
"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath."
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"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."
Jill Clayburgh
"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."
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"I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater."
Omar Sharif
"I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater."
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"I prefer theatre but TV keeps you well known."
Richard Briers
"I prefer theatre but TV keeps you well known."
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"I don't think about going back to the theater."
Angela Lansbury
"I don't think about going back to the theater."
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"I sometimes think that theatre is a torture."
Juliet Stevenson
"I sometimes think that theatre is a torture."
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"With my background, I came out of the theater."
Joe Morton
"With my background, I came out of the theater."
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"Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no."
Emanuel Azenberg
"Will the theater disappear? No. Is it healthy? Also no."
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"I have done a lot of theater."
Jerry Hall
"I have done a lot of theater."
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"If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist."
David Soul
"If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist."
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"Today's restaurant is theater on a grand scale."
Marian Burros
"Today's restaurant is theater on a grand scale."
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"This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays."
Jeffrey Jones
"This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays."
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"Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!"
Adam Pascal
"Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!"
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"Ever since I got on Days I've been doing theater."
Austin Peck
"Ever since I got on Days I've been doing theater."
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"Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that."
David Naughton
"Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that."
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"The theater is magical and addictive."
Angela Lansbury
"The theater is magical and addictive."
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"I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra."
Ken Curtis
"I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra."
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"Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days."
Tony Randall
"Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days."
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"I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?"
Sherilyn Fenn
"I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?"
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"I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there."
Gary Sinise
"I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there."
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"The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks."
Edward Bond
"The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks."
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"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."
Jerry Herman
"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."
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"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."
Fiona Shaw
"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."
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"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."
Estelle Parsons
"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."
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"In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be."
Marcia Gay Harden
"In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be."
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"I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater."
Dorothy McGuire
"I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater."
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"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."
Bert Kalmar
"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."
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