I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
I studied fine arts and architecture, but I decided to move into movie design because I grew up in a small town… — Dante Ferretti Copy Share Image
I'm from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. It's right outside Detroit. The suburbs. I was always very heavily involved in theater back then. I… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So,… — Bea Arthur Copy Share Image
Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
For example, I'm a great fan of pornography, but I don't see any reason not to restrict it so that people walking… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Being on film is forever. Television, as well, just lives on and on and on, which is really exciting. But then with… — Bridget Regan Copy Share Image
I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
Don't tell me about heaven. What about in this life, that there is a better way, that this is not in vain,… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The theatre has always been to me a place where beautiful lies are told, and playwrighting the orchestration of platitudes around a… — Charles Ludlam Copy Share Image
When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy.… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one… — Michael Ritchie Copy Share Image
The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate,… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
There are times in my 30 years in the theater that I have come perilously close to losing faith in the one… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs. — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and… — Timothy Omundson Copy Share Image
Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor. I did a lot… — Bridget Regan Copy Share Image
I did nothing but theater until, I guess, '99. I was all the way through college the first time that I had… — James Roday Copy Share Image
When I was around 13 or 14, there were visits to the theater, which really ignited my passion. Going to see live… — Genevieve O'Reilly Copy Share Image
In a theater experience, the words and the feelings are the most important - the lights coming on and off are the… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
The theater is a communal experience, and whatever the emotional connection between an audience member and the actors onstage, it ripples through… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday -… — Michael Cerveris Copy Share Image
There are television critics, movie critics, and theater critics too who I like and who I follow and I get genuinely bummed… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theater (actors, direction, etc...) and use the camera in order to… — Robert Bresson Copy Share Image
When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19,… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Now the Gielgud Theater is a very famous old theater, because it was originally called the Globe, and the Globe is where… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I acted when I was young, but at 19, I had my own theater company where I acted but also directed. I… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
