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title: "6 Left Theater Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-piven/unless-an-entire-row-of-people-got-up-in-the-middle-of-a-performance/)

[Jeremy Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-piven/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/jeremy-piven-9559_disgust_unless-an-entire-row-of-people-got-up-in_74886.jpg)

> [One reason you are stricken when your parents die is that the audience you've been aiming at all your life - shocking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-whitehorn/one-reason-you-are-stricken-when-your-parents-die-is-that-the/)

[Katharine Whitehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-whitehorn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/katharine-whitehorn-12429_audience_one-reason-you-are-stricken-when-your-pa_636991.png)

> [I left the theater; I literally left to begin a new life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-left-the-theater-i-literally-left-to-begin-a-new-life/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/elia-kazan-6753_inspirational_i-left-the-theater-i-literally-left-to-b_1067651.jpg)

> [My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marin-ireland/my-favorite-thing-to-hear-from-people-is-i-left-the-theater-and/)

[Marin Ireland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marin-ireland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/marin-ireland-45231_about_my-favorite-thing-to-hear-from-people-is_2184983.jpg)

> [I've sort of left the theater just for little shoots here and there - little one-off series or small roles in films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-leo-butz/i-ve-sort-of-left-the-theater-just-for-little-shoots-here-and-there/)

[Norbert Leo Butz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-leo-butz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/norbert-leo-butz-22239_cinema_i-ve-sort-of-left-the-theater-just-for-l_2746143.jpg)

> [The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/the-drama-may-be-called-that-part-of-theatrical-art-which-lends/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/robertson-davies-834_actor_the-drama-may-be-called-that-part-of-the_3087575.png)

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