Streetcar Named Desire Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

Seeing 'A Streetcar Named Desire' leaves a mark, and these ten short recollections capture the buzz of a first night, the pride of a theater‑going friend, and the mixed feelings that linger after the curtain falls. If you crave more stage memories, the Broadway classics or American drama pages hold deeper archives.

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People who don't know how old I am can cast me as the woman in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' and can…

Essie Davis

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They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get…

Tennessee Williams

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People's relationship to what they want from theatre is changing. People, including me, are still looking for the next STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.…

Austin Pendleton

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I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.

Cate Blanchett

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'Death Of A Salesman,' 'Streetcar Named Desire,' these are the things that, when I was growing up, made me want to be…

Charles Bock

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I had a high school girlfriend whose mother gave us theater tickets, so I saw the second night performance of 'A Streetcar…

Mike Nichols

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“Lost in her litany of thoughts, Emma was only vaguely aware of the alarm sounding. ‘Can you turn that fucking thing off?’…

Tammy Cohen

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“I started showing them some of Tommy’s greatest acting hits. “Oh my God,” one of them said, laughing. “This is so terrible.”…

Greg Sestero

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“It’s cruelty that gets to me. Still, it’s important to read about cruelty. “Why is it important?” Because when you read about…

Will Schwalbe

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“Tonight, no one will rage and cry: "My Kingdom for a horse!" No ghost will come to haunt the battlements of a…

Michel Tremblay

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