I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was… — Eamonn Walker Copy Share Image
Suddenly we saw that you could do plays about real life, and people had been doing them for some time, but they… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up. — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new… — Zeljko Ivanek Copy Share Image
“Then in the spring something happened to me. Yes, I remember. I fell in love with James Tyrone and was so happy… — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
My mom had done some TV and commercials before I was born, and so when I was born, she knew I had… — Quinn Shephard Copy Share Image
I'm not Bill Evans. I'm not Keith Jarrett. I'm basically a singer who plays along with his voice. — Burton Cummings Copy Share Image
“We have to just keep living. We'll keep going. Uncle Johnny? You and me will keep going - through the long procession… — Robert Icke Copy Share Image
The reason you do this stuff - comedy, plays, movies - is to be seized by something, to disappear in the service… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra… — Leon Theremin Copy Share Image
My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays.… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
I began my career performing in plays and musicals in New York, but by the mid-'80s, opportunities in Hollywood beckoned and I… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
I love plays that have musical moments. I'm not a big fan of musicals per se, but I love straight plays that… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Stealing home is one of the most sensational plays in baseball. If the run thus scored is the winning tally, the play… — Billy Evans Copy Share Image
In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is… — Douglas Fairbanks Copy Share Image
Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov… — Josh Gad Copy Share Image
And so I believe that God plays this enormous role in my life. And I believe that it's my obligation to give… — Ronald Perelman Copy Share Image
