Theater Quotes · Page 45

I love Chicago. It is my new favorite city. It is the perfect place to do any kind of theater.

— Christopher Lee

John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days.

— James Berardinelli

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

— Irwin Shaw

I don't want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater.

— Francis Chan

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

— Norman Vincent Peale

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I think, as an actor, theater is like one of the things that you feel most in control of and in charge…

— Maggie Siff

I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater - it reduces performance anxiety.

— Julia Stiles

I think one of the things that makes theater special is first of all, it's one of the last places you put…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.

— Laura Benanti

Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage…

— Brendan Dooling

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible…

— Sophia Loren

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and…

— Sanaa Lathan

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together…

— John Guare

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I…

— Jeff Daniels

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy…

— David Zucker

I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high school, and then J.J. Abrams, my closest friend…

— Greg Grunberg

Barry Harris had a club called Jazz Cultural Theater and there were sessions there on a regular basis. I remember being there…

— Jon Gordon

Especially for people who are unknown, it's easier to get a TV show because you don't have to put a certain amount…

— Eve Hewson

With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of…

— Jeremy Piven

I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're…

— Carrie Underwood

Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt…

— George A. Sheehan

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did…

— Steve Buscemi

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.

— Rene Auberjonois

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.

— Patti LuPone

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

— Gene Simmons

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.

— Sarah Caldwell

To work around and be successful in a round configuration in the theater, you have to connect with everyone.

— Chukwudi Iwuji

I love theater. That's what I did in Mexico City. I did a lot of musical theater, and it's where my heart…

— Jaime Camil

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

— Ken Curtis

For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.

— Chester Bennington

I love the long-form rehearsal process with theater, brick by brick, to build another life.

— Vik Sahay

I fell so hard for the theater. I knew it was a place where you can sort out your life.

— Joel Grey

I think it takes an introspective person to want to go into the theater and see the dark side of themselves.

— Anne Heche

Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old.

— Gary Sinise

[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get…

— Andre Holland

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

— James Broughton

The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on…

— Dashiell Hammett

And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor.

— Emma Walton Hamilton