Theater Quotes · Page 44

No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.

— Amanda Righetti

When I was a kid I really loved Humphrey Bogart. But when I was in theater school, Robert DeNiro was my go-to…

— Tony Todd

Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

— Juliet Mills

That theater community that comes with acting and being in the theater is second nature to me. It's in my blood.

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

— Adam Driver

When the arts are taken out of the syllabus, people are not going to know what it's like to value the theater.

— Jonathan Pryce

I watched the movie 'What We Do in the Shadows' in a packed theater when it first came out.

— Nia DaCosta

Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.

— Willem Dafoe

I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the…

— Ron White

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Film is more of novelty, because I've done so much theater over many years. I'm in love with making movies. Also, I…

— Woody Allen

By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did…

— Don Ameche

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had…

— William H. Macy

It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime.…

— Lance Burton

I'd forgotten how arrogant people are in the theater, I'm agreeing to starve for a year and he seems to think I…

— Timberlake Wertenbaker

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only…

— Angelina Jolie

I try to shoot the first rehearsal because people are more spontaneous. People in real life don't really know where they are…

— Gus Van Sant

I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity…

— Nick Offerman

My American accent is really, really good. I started out in the theater, doing all different characters with all different accents. When…

— Rebel Wilson

A nation that does not support and encourage its theater is - if not dead - dying; just as a theater that…

— Federico Garcia Lorca

I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week.…

— Malcolm Gets

Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the…

— Charlotte Rae

Comedy can be more difficult than drama. It requires more attention to timing. In the theater, you're always dependent on the audience…

— David Alan Basche

I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new…

— Jack Wagner

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

— Javier Bardem

Theater audiences don't pull punches. They'll let you know when they're feeling ripped off.

— Johnny Galecki

I've done theater most of my career, and I get to see the reaction of the audience right after the show.

— Angela Robinson

I've graced almost every stage in N.Y., from Webster Hall to Gramercy Theater to Best Buy.

— Machine Gun Kelly

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations.

— Alfred Molina

To break through language in order to touch life is to create or re-create the theater.

— Antonin Artaud

My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time

— Richard Simmons

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

— Michael Caine

I love the theater because it's alive. It's a beginning, a middle and an end, and it begins a life.

— Jason Robards

I actually cried during 'Titanic'. It was one of the few movies I've seen in the theater multiple times.

— Jason Earles

“Theater cannot include only people. What acts on stage is matter.”

— Gaetano Pesche

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

— William Dean Howells

What Lou Tyrrell creates when he has a theater is a birthing center for new plays.

— Israel Horovitz

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

— Vincente Minnelli