Theater Quotes · Page 27

“Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter.—”

— William Shakespeare

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

— Jessica Hagedorn

I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

— Harold Prince

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.

— Brendan Behan

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.

— Oskar Werner

I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.

— Gaspard Ulliel

The American actor is very lucky... Because so little is asked of him.

— Sanford Meisner

Theater is the most challenging thing to do. It's just you out there with no rope. You can't call time out; you're…

— Sebastian Stan

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get…

— Harold Ramis

I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with…

— John Lithgow

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all…

— Condola Rashad

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was…

— Lilla Crawford

In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just…

— Edward Teller

There was something about the Cleveland Play House that was the holiest place - you know, with the ghost light on the…

— Kathryn Hahn

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything -…

— J. J. Abrams

My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a…

— Jim Parsons

I grew up in such a small area that there really weren't any acting classes. So I had to wait till I…

— Mariana Klaveno

I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the…

— John Sayles

We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested…

— Neil Patrick Harris

Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other…

— Gregory of Nazianzus

The exercise in theater is night after night you are doing the same play, but you have another opportunity to explore. It…

— Julia Stiles

The love, support, and respect the members of the theater community have for one another is unparalleled. Say what you want about…

— Monica Raymund

One of the things that's different about London and the English market is that theater and film and television are all based…

— Colin Callender

I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart.

— Brian K. Vaughan

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.

— Jeremy Irvine

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

— Olivia Wilde

I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater.

— Brenda Blethyn

I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.

— Zach Gilford

When I was a little girl, I loved theater a lot and I was always playing and making my own worlds.

— Emily Ratajkowski

Ah, it's awesome learning about theater, but it's a completely different musical landscape from rock and roll.

— Charlotte Caffey

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

— Ruben Studdard

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.

— Tatyana Ali

I love theater, I would love to do a play, but it's hard to beat.

— Justin Hartley

I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.

— Cecily Strong

I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.

— Lana Parrilla

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.

— Mark O'Donnell

I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it.

— Jane Lynch

It's so great in the theater when everyone catches up on the truth.

— Tom Stoppard

Theater has an incredible capacity to move people to social change, to address issues, to inspire social revolution.

— Eve Ensler