Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an…

When you have a director who has work you can identify from the past, it gives you some reference point as to what their…

— Greg Kinnear

My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk…

— Julia Cameron

I think there's nothing worse than telling actors what to do in front of everyone, because then on the next take, everyone's waiting to…

— Richard Ayoade

I find it rather tedious working with some actors who have to go into a corner and bounce up and down, shake their hands…

— Elizabeth Taylor

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

— Shirley Hufstedler

“Books are ALWAYS better than movies! They are ready when you are. You are a participant and not a mere observer. You make the…

— John Leonarz

“There have been so many interpretations of the story that I'm not going to choose between them. Make your own choice. They contradict each…

— William Golding

You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.

— Kenneth Haigh

That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time you're getting…

— Jeff Fahey

In a play, a few actors perform a few characters, and they need to perform those characters with a certain level of believability so…

— Pankaj Kapur

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

All great men are play actors of their own ideal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

— Mike Figgis

One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the beginning, when…

— Nilo Cruz

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

— Miguel de Cervantes