Theater Quotes · Page 38

I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having…

— John Noble

My training was in theater, and I was asked to be a journalist.

— Mariette Hartley

I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.

— Ray Bradbury

“If you have a rifle, hanging on the wall in the first act, it should fire in the last act”.”

— Constantin S Stanislavski

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

— Tim Robbins

My goal for Actress is to have it play more traditional theaters.

— Robert Greene

I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing.

— Daveed Diggs

Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I always am in a role, lovely for you, for them even for myself. Yeah... Even when Im alone, I am still…

— Anonymous

I have never directed anything for the stage. I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going…

— James Earl Jones

It's really an amazing feeling because you're flying in a car that's on stage and to be this age also, and in…

— Ellen Marlow

To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make…

— Robert Wilson

Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as…

— Denis Leary

I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was…

— Jenn Proske

When I showed up at UH, my hair was past my waist. I had a goatee. I wasn't a theater geek; I…

— Brett Cullen

I used to do lots of independent films and for a while I was very content living in New York City and…

— Jared Harris

Acting was something I did growing up. I never it took it too seriously; it was just one of those things I…

— Stephen Colletti

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

— Jim Piddock

“And it's a preference, a long-held preference, what you might call a 'habit of mind'—putting words into other people's mouths. And those…

— David Hare

...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people…

— Bruce Springsteen

There's the beauty of the stage. I don't like filmed theater or opera because you're kind of playing soccer in a hockey…

— Christoph Waltz

I graduated from a place called Whitworth College in Spokane with a theater degree, then in 1993 I moved to L.A. and…

— Trevor St. John

Occasionally, I have time to go to the theater, and I think for a minute, 'Man, I'd really love to be doing…

— Stephen Lang

I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.

— Cate Blanchett

One's roused by this, another finds that fit: Each loves the play for what he brings to it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot…

— Zeljko Ivanek

I was very much a character actress. But I've never stopped doing theater.

— Mariette Hartley

The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

— Robert Holman

I love theater. I started in theater when I was nine years old.

— Stephanie Mills

I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers.

— Brianna Brown

I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.

— Mos Def

“We'll meet at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat 'til you get there. Once you get there; you're on your own.”

— Groucho Marx

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

— Mae West

A Dream Theater without me was never in the plan; I never expected that.

— Mike Portnoy

I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.

— Norbert Leo Butz

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I guess I've been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

— Kevin Spacey

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

— Jason Butler Harner

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.

— John Wells