Theater Quotes · Page 137

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

— Sarah Shahi

I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep…

— Grey DeLisle

There's a tendency for people in New York to think the world exists between the East and the Hudson Rivers, and I…

— Frank Wildhorn

One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play…

— Philippe Falardeau

What is it that we in the theatre give? Instead of images on canvas or in the form of statuary or music,…

— Michael Chekhov

I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction…

— Tyler Perry

The tragedy of "Hamlet" is critically considered to be the masterpiece of dramatic poetry; and the tragedy of "Hamlet" is also, according…

— George Augustus Henry Sala

With fame, all of a sudden you're seeing yourself through the eyes of a world of men, and that's . . .…

— Rose McGowan

I want as many people to see the show [Hamilton] in its musical theater form as possible before it's translated, and whether…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

— Jonathan Freeman

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is…

— Robertson Davies

I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an…

— Colin Callender

Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The…

— Taryn Simon

I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has…

— Max von Sydow

There's something about the impact of a big screen that means something to me, even though I realize almost every film is…

— Kenneth Lonergan

Theater originated with technology. People forget that.

— Robert Lepage

Theater is all about the rehearsal process. In fact, I think a lot of times opening night there's a mixed sadness because…

— Debra Winger

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

— Neil Tennant

As soon as I leave the world [of the show], I want to turn around and come back. That's how real it…

— Victoria Clark

Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.

— Graeme Murphy

I did always want to write. And then, when I left New York, where I was working very steadily in the theater…

— Jim Piddock

Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way.…

— Nina Arianda

This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

That's very important to me as well: presentation and how people perceive you, the visual of how things look, your posture. I…

— Judd Apatow

Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up…

— Amy Irving