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Theatre Quotes

"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!"

"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, American Actor

Theatre, Theater, Will

6

"I really miss the rehearsal process of theater."

"I really miss the rehearsal process of theater."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

Theatre, Theater

6

"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."

"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."

Jerry Herman, American Composer

Theatre, Theater, Trying

6

"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."

"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

6

"I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater."

"I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater."

Dorothy McGuire, American Actress

Theatre, Theater

6

"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."

"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Theatre, Theater

6

"I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre."

"I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Theatre, Writer

6

"Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer."

"Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

6

"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."

"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Theatre, Theater

6

"You can only do so much theatre."

"You can only do so much theatre."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

5

"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."

"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."

Steven Berkoff, English Actor

Theatre, Theater

5

"I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there."

"I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there."

Hal Price, American Actor

5

"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."

"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, American Actor

5

"The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen."

"The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

Theatre, Theater

5

"I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there."

"I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

Theatre, Theater, Veterans

5

"My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces."

"My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

5

"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."

"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."

Michael Ritchie, American Director

Theatre, Audiences, Style, Taste, Theater

5

"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."

"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."

Moe Howard, American Actor

Theatre, Theater

5

"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often."

"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

5

"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."

"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Theatre, Theater

5

"I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value."

"I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

Theatre, Training, Value

5

"Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can."

"Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

5

"It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century."

"It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century."

David Soul, American Actor

5

"I spent 10 years in New York doing theater."

"I spent 10 years in New York doing theater."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

Theatre, Theater, Years

5

"I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue."

"I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue."

Jennifer Sky, American Actress

4

"I have done a lot of theater."

"I have done a lot of theater."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Theatre, Theater

4

"In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect."

"In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect."

Tristan Bernard, French Playwright

4

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience."

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience."

Patti LuPone, American Musician

Theatre, Theater

4

"We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally."

"We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally."

Bernie Taupin, English Writer

4

"I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far."

"I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

4

"I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films."

"I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films."

Oskar Werner, Austrian Actor

Theatre, Theater

4

"Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department."

"Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

Theatre, University

4

"Theater dates very quickly."

"Theater dates very quickly."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Theatre, Theater

4

"I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot."

"I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

4

"The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster."

"The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Theatre, Play, Success, Audience, Disaster

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