Theater Quotes · Page 25

Film is not as exhilarating, not as physically, mentally, or spiritually challenging, as theatre.

— Joseph Fiennes

2112' basically set the course for my musical career and how I approached Dream Theater.

— John Petrucci

I went to school in the 1970s, and there was a lot of physical theater in those days.

— Bill Pullman

Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot…

— Stephen Lang

I was a crazy guy in Hollywood back in the day, and then when I switched into theater, I got into work…

— Scott Haze

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

— John Larroquette

Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist.

— George C. Wolfe

Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

— Audra McDonald

Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones…

— John Logan

With me it started as a child, going to the theater and being totally transported but also walking out of the theater…

— Oscar Torre

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it…

— Anna Pavlova

I had done some community theater plays and I just had so much fun doing it. I was a really shy kid…

— Charlie Plummer

Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us…

— Diane Paulus

I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career…

— Dennis Haysbert

Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I…

— A. J. McLean

“A new star has been born and Vera’s performance brings alive the desolate life of O’Neil’s young heroine in a natural talent…

— Rajiv Kapoor

Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair…

— Ben Brantley

Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are…

— Kevin Spacey

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 dropped out in middle school. I dropped out in, towards the beginning of the ninth grade. And then I started studying…

— Quentin Tarantino

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

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

If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

— Ridley Scott

I regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt.

— Michael Caine

I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.

— Aidan Turner

If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.

— Ralph Fiennes

I've been looking for a Broadway opportunity ever since I stopped doing theater.

— Melissa Benoist

I went to Georgetown University, and majored in theater - then I moved to Los Angeles.

— Kelly Rohrbach

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

— Lynn Shelton

I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.

— Kevin Hart

The theater is a place that doesn't always but can reward hard work and tenacity, unlike television.

— Michael Urie

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

— Darren Criss

I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how people tell stories.

— Zeljko Ivanek

“Most of the truly remarkable experiences I've had in theatre have filled me with uncertainty and disorientation”

— Anne Bogart

“Free speech is the right to shout 'theater' in a crowded fire.”

— Abbie Hoffman

Theater is so wonderful and brilliant but it lasts very much in the moment. It's there and then it's gone.

— James Corden

“Satisfy people's desire for the ridiculous and they will accept your idea of the sublime.”

— Maurice Willson Disher

I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.

— Erika Slezak