Theater Quotes · Page 36

I think of myself as a theater animal instead of an intellectual animal.

— Tom Stoppard

Coming up through the theater in America, while I have had success, I have had success in certain types of roles.

— LaChanze

I started out in the theater, and my background is classical. I'd love to be in a film version of a Shakespeare…

— Jimmy Smits

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

— Ethel Merman

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

— Alan Jay Lerner

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

— Asghar Farhadi

Having grown up around the theater, I've been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special.

— Miguel Ferrer

The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.

— Jason Robards

I knew early on that I was a nerd and that films were my refuge. Those first few minutes before the lights…

— Alfonso Cuaron

'Peter and the Starcatcher' is the most amazing piece of theater I think I've ever seen. It made we want to be…

— Steve Kazee

I've always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater.

— Daniela Bobadilla

We've all had that moment, the first time you're exposed to live theater, and it's shocking in the best possible way. You…

— Joshua Jackson

I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm…

— Jeff Koons

Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So,…

— Michael Jackson

People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it…

— Randeep Hooda

I've played Madison Square Garden and Jones Beach several times, but I personally don't enjoy those larger venues. I much prefer theater…

— Jason Mraz

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young…

— Gale Gordon

The thing about theater that always and still kind of makes me edgy is that you work and work and work and…

— Allison Tolman

I want to diversify a bit. I don't wanna throw myself into another big blockbuster or another big franchise anytime soon. So…

— Emma Watson

These days, when people are alone, or feel a moment of boredom, they tend to reach for a device. In a movie…

— Sherry Turkle

I want people to leave the theater with a greater understanding of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. "Song of Lahore" moves…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

So it was a really pleasant surprise when [Independence Day] turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've…

— Brent Spiner

I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside…

— Billy Crystal

Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely,…

— Jane McGonigal

The truth is, unlike TV and film cameras, the theater stage doesn't add 10 pounds.

— Sara Ramirez

The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.

— W. Somerset Maugham

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.

— Pythagoras

My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production manager, and lighting designer.

— George MacKay

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

— Robert Brustein

Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

— Ed Asner

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left…

— Cary Elwes

The heart is pure theater throbbing in its cage palpably as any nightingale.

— Anonymous

I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager.

— Michael Rady

The theater is a school we shall never have done with studying and learning.

— Robert Edmond Jones

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my…

— Winona Ryder

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

— Kristen Johnston

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

— Bryan Batt

Children are the beneficiaries - and also the victims - of the theater of various moments.

— George W. S. Trow

I did a lot of theater as a kid because I had a bunch of friends who did it.

— Bobby Moynihan

In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play.

— Tom Sturridge