I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for something, don't go sit on the seashore and expect it to come and find you; you must… — Konstantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
My first taste of theater was my middle school play. We did 'The Jungle Book.' I auditioned for Mowgli, which I didn't… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
I went to university in the north of England at University of Birmingham to do an English literature degree, and I knew… — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
The filmmakers aren't running the studios anymore. Sometimes people who like films are making them, but by and large, they have to… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When people go to the theater, they don't want to think 'I know exactly what I'm gonna get,' and then they get… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know,… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
The notion of fate and destiny is a very Greek concept. Working in the theater you do think a lot about that,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Even though I'm an actor, even though I know a little bit about film, I very much view things as an audience… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
I kind of prefer bouncing back and forth between theater and films. It's like having the best of both worlds, both very… — Joanna Going Copy Share Image
You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
When real actors are approaching their work, we could be on a little stage somewhere, doing community theater. It's all the same.… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to… — David Ives Copy Share Image
What interested me was dance - the way that it was constructed with time-space constructions, and that it was abstract. I always… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
There's something magical about making films. But theater, where it all started for me, makes you better at the craft of storytelling. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do. I think one of the best things was being able to… — Cher Copy Share Image
Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theater (actors, direction, etc...) and use the camera in order to… — Robert Bresson Copy Share Image
When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
There are television critics, movie critics, and theater critics too who I like and who I follow and I get genuinely bummed… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Now the Gielgud Theater is a very famous old theater, because it was originally called the Globe, and the Globe is where… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19,… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
In a theater experience, the words and the feelings are the most important - the lights coming on and off are the… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday -… — Michael Cerveris Copy Share Image
The theater is a communal experience, and whatever the emotional connection between an audience member and the actors onstage, it ripples through… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I… — Adrianne Palicki Copy Share Image
Theater is such its own living, breathing animal. You do a show every night, but it's different every night. Being on stage,… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
