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title: "10 Play Theater Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Play Theater quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Play Theater sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have a certain kind of a taste for what will make a good movie or a good play or theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-platt/i-have-a-certain-kind-of-a-taste-for-what-will-make-a-good-movie-or-a/)

[Marc Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-platt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/marc-platt-10388_good_i-have-a-certain-kind-of-a-taste-for-wha_2541130.jpg)

> [Larger people do not get a lot to play in the theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pinette/larger-people-do-not-get-a-lot-to-play-in-the-theater/)

[John Pinette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pinette/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/john-pinette-6739_get_larger-people-do-not-get-a-lot-to-play-i_1311467.jpg)

> [There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/there-s-a-way-in-which-the-illusion-is-a-play-about-the-theater/)

[Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/tony-kushner-2204_illusion_there-s-a-way-in-which-the-illusion-is-a_1402861.jpg)

> [“A strange One-Act play in the theater of dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kealan-patrick-burke/a-strange-one-act-play-in-the-theater-of-dreams/)

[Kealan Patrick Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kealan-patrick-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/kealan-patrick-burke-35858_dream_a-strange-one-act-play-in-the-theater-of_2656035.png)

> [It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-west/it-s-a-wonderful-thing-to-be-able-to-make-fun-of-yourself-and-to-do/)

[Adam West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/adam-west-7088_dignity_it-s-a-wonderful-thing-to-be-able-to-mak_1459306.jpg)

> [“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become stageworthy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play-3/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/viola-spolin-23943_acting_everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise_2891614.jpg)

> [We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-knopfler/we-used-to-play-in-a-theater-club-in-london-called-the-king-s-head/)

[Mark Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-knopfler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mark-knopfler-15066_about_we-used-to-play-in-a-theater-club-in-lon_521528.jpg)

> [All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-ferber/all-the-difference-in-the-world-between-the-movies-and-the-thrill-i/)

[Edna Ferber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-ferber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/edna-ferber-3893_adventure_all-the-difference-in-the-world-between_339441.png)

> [So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-sommer/so-what-s-so-enticing-about-doing-a-play-is-that-you-get-to-do-that/)

[Rich Sommer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-sommer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/rich-sommer-15874_able_so-what-s-so-enticing-about-doing-a-play_1641510.jpg)

> [Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play-2/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/viola-spolin-23943_crawling_everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise_1813885.jpg)

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