--- title: "11 Theater Arts Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Theater Arts quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Theater Arts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-burnett-3457_acting_no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater_2276690.png" --- > [No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-burnett/no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater-arts-whether-you-want-to/) [Carol Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-burnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-burnett-3457_acting_no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater_2276690.png) > [I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-hough/i-went-to-a-theater-arts-school-so-i-m-interested-in-many-different/) [Derek Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-hough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/derek-hough-17631_art_i-went-to-a-theater-arts-school-so-i-m-i_2523949.png) > [I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-carvey/i-tried-to-go-out-for-theater-or-theater-arts-but-i-was-too-scared-or/) [Dana Carvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-carvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/dana-carvey-14299_art_i-tried-to-go-out-for-theater-or-theater_2806666.jpg) > [And if you think this young boy, from Dallas, Texas, is adding to the canon of theater arts, of performing arts, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-majors/and-if-you-think-this-young-boy-from-dallas-texas-is-adding-to-the/) [Jonathan Majors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-majors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/jonathan-majors-11497_art_and-if-you-think-this-young-boy-from-dal_809304.jpg) > [I didn't really get comfortable until I got to UCLA, and I had to take an acting course because I was studying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-burnett/i-didn-t-really-get-comfortable-until-i-got-to-ucla-and-i-had-to-take/) [Carol Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-burnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/carol-burnett-3457_acting_i-didn-t-really-get-comfortable-until-i_1190293.png) > [I'm studying musical arts, all the way to composition. But I'm also studying theater arts, stage directing and acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sinatra-jr/i-m-studying-musical-arts-all-the-way-to-composition-but-i-m-also/) [Frank Sinatra Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sinatra-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/frank-sinatra-jr-5470_acting_i-m-studying-musical-arts-all-the-way-to_1963859.jpg) > [I majored in drama and theater arts at Columbia and was always in acting studio, but that was a liberal arts degree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hari-nef/i-majored-in-drama-and-theater-arts-at-columbia-and-was-always-in/) [Hari Nef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hari-nef/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/hari-nef-4518_acting_i-majored-in-drama-and-theater-arts-at-c_2627316.jpg) > [When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-burnett/when-i-was-in-college-at-ucla-i-took-a-playwriting-course-i-was-all/) [Carol Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-burnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/carol-burnett-3457_acting_when-i-was-in-college-at-ucla-i-took-a-p_2022202.png) > [I give talks to theater arts departments, and I don't know what I'll say. I don't plan a thing. It's just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-zerbe/i-give-talks-to-theater-arts-departments-and-i-don-t-know-what-i-ll/) [Anthony Zerbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-zerbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/anthony-zerbe-57163_art_i-give-talks-to-theater-arts-departments_1313273.jpg) > [I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-yarbrough/i-was-always-interested-in-acting-but-in-my-high-school-sports-was/) [Cedric Yarbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-yarbrough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/cedric-yarbrough-58743_acting_i-was-always-interested-in-acting-but-in_1057018.jpg) > [“What grinds me the most is we're sending kids out into the world who don't know how to balance a checkbook, don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-colfer/what-grinds-me-the-most-is-we-re-sending-kids-out-into-the-world-who/) [Chris Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/chris-colfer-1370_broadway-musical_what-grinds-me-the-most-is-we-re-sending_2585580.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theater-arts/#itemlist", "name": "Theater Arts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carol Burnett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-burnett/no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater-arts-whether-you-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-burnett-3457_acting_no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater_2276690.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-burnett-3457_acting_no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater_2276690.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-burnett-3457_acting_no-matter-what-when-you-major-in-theater_2276690.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery…” — Carol Burnett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. 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I'll even say knowing x =7 and y= 8 in a problem like 9x - 6y= 15 can be helpful. But seriously, do we all need to know how to simplify (x-3)(x-3i)?? And the joke is, no one can continue their education unless they do. A student living in California cannot get into a four-year college unless they pass Algebra 2 in high school. A future psychologist can't become a psychologist, a future lawyer can't become a lawyer, and I can't become a journalist unless each of us has a basic understanding of engineering. Of course, engineers and scientists use this shit all the time, and I applaud them! But they don't take years of theater arts appreciation courses, because a scientist or an engineer doesn't need to know that 'The Phantom of the Opoera' was the longest-running Broadway musical of all time. 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