I think I'll never stop doing theater because it's a more physical and athletic activity. You can't pull any punches; there are… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I understood why war zones are called 'theaters' because they frame a kind of play acting or, worse, deceit, that can stain… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It's totally OK to have… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
That's one of the most important things about acting is not just when you're speaking but when you're taking in from someone… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“You don't recognize the actor, because he's not from Hollywood's generic teen male pool; the director hat to go off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, to… — shukyou Copy Share Image
I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how… — Ron Vawter Copy Share Image
The only difference between comedy and drama is that, in comedy, I'm going to utilize the tool of creating laughter to deflect… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts… — Cary Grant Copy Share Image
I've worked with actors who are like, 'I don't even want to know where the camera is; I just want to feel… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
I'm there to tailor something very precisely and something very subtly to dialogue and the actor's energy. I'm there to bring out… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
The drama embraces and applies all the beauties and decorations of poetry. The sister arts attend and adorn it. Painting, architecture, and… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
“Honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. The auditorium lights are off except for ones over the stage,… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
I was naturally a loner, content just to live with a woman, eat with her, sleep with her, walk down the street… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the… — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
“The body lay outside an abandoned, boarded-up theater. The theater had started as a first-run movie house, many years back when the… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
I look for something that can challenge me or makes me ever so slightly afraid - fearful of how I am going… — Andrew Buchan Copy Share Image
Film writing and concert writing are two very different things. In film writing I am serving the film and it tells you… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The most exciting thing about joining EastEnders' is not only that I'll be back on the television, but I'll also be working… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lofty destiny.… — Vsevolod Meyerhold Copy Share Image
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be.… — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
My whole M.O. in my 20s was being in as many different types of films as you can. Working with as many… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know,… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
Whats fascinating is that when you write a script, its almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
For me, it was always that one extra job that you do to survive in the industry. I also realised that I… — Abhishek Banerjee Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I don't have a plan or an outline. The characters move the action, and the action develops… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
Good preparation is key for me. Nowadays everyone is an actor slash writer, slash this, slash that, its cool; and you can… — Jaime Zevallos Copy Share Image
Sometimes when a movie is really alive you can see that they were just making decisions on the spot. They weren't bound… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked… — Maximilian Schell Copy Share Image
“Everyone likes everything nowadays. They like the television and the phonograph and the shampoo and the soda pop and the Cracker Jack.… — John Logan Copy Share Image
I still meet with friends, and I'm enjoying life at 97 here in Palm Springs. They are trying to establish a new… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
Obviously, as an actor, you have to embrace your imagination all the time, but when you're doing one of these films, you… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
