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title: "23 Theatre People Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bryan/most-theatre-people-and-composers-are-like-research-hounds/)

[David Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bryan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/david-bryan-8260_actor_most-theatre-people-and-composers-are-li_2486579.jpg)

> [I love the theatre and theatre people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-cusack/i-love-the-theatre-and-theatre-people/)

[Cyril Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-cusack/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/cyril-cusack-31635_love_i-love-the-theatre-and-theatre-people-13_1354424.jpg)

> [It is hard to sit in the theatre and have people turning round and looking at you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-springer/it-is-hard-to-sit-in-the-theatre-and-have-people-turning-round-and/)

[Jerry Springer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-springer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/jerry-springer-11004_theatre_it-is-hard-to-sit-in-the-theatre-and-hav_1878598.jpg)

> [I don't tend to get cast in the theatre much. People assume I come with all this baggage. But they do cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-don-t-tend-to-get-cast-in-the-theatre-much-people-assume-i-come/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/simon-mcburney-7667_assume_i-don-t-tend-to-get-cast-in-the-theatre_1960148.png)

> [First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/first-there-was-the-theatre-of-people-and-animals-then-of-people-and/)

[Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/edward-bond-13025_actor_first-there-was-the-theatre-of-people-an_2584698.jpg)

> [At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-west/at-heart-this-job-is-about-continuing-to-make-great-theatre-for-the/)

[Samuel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/samuel-west-21198_actor_at-heart-this-job-is-about-continuing-to_163872.jpg)

> [My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-von-sydow/my-parents-were-brought-up-in-families-which-believed-theatre-people/)

[Max von Sydow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-von-sydow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/max-von-sydow-7808_actor_my-parents-were-brought-up-in-families-w_3188456.jpg)

> [Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/theatre-is-about-people-not-buildings-incalculable-damage-has-been/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/anonymous-1_building_theatre-is-about-people-not-buildings-in_1908041.jpg)

> [A lot of theatre people are definitely not conservative, but I don't think liberals get to own the culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-gallagher/a-lot-of-theatre-people-are-definitely-not-conservative-but-i-don-t/)

[Mike Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-gallagher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/mike-gallagher-19470_conservative_a-lot-of-theatre-people-are-definitely-n_1161017.png)

> [As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-rannells/as-an-actor-particularly-in-theatre-you-re-trying-to-get-jobs-on-tv/)

[Andrew Rannells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-rannells/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/andrew-rannells-11406_actor_as-an-actor-particularly-in-theatre-you_1132025.jpg)

> [In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hopkins/in-the-theatre-people-talk-talk-talk-until-the-cows-come-home-about/)

[Anthony Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/anthony-hopkins-1334_actor_in-the-theatre-people-talk-talk-talk-unt_1143277.jpg)

> [It wasn't until I went to college that I met the theatre people and began to admire them because they were learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-davidson/it-wasn-t-until-i-went-to-college-that-i-met-the-theatre-people-and/)

[John Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-davidson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/john-davidson-29855_actor_it-wasn-t-until-i-went-to-college-that-i_149318.jpg)

> [I'm not a really firm believer in theatre that is 'about anything.' I don't think theatre can be about anything other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branden-jacobs-jenkins/i-m-not-a-really-firm-believer-in-theatre-that-is-about-anything-i/)

[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branden-jacobs-jenkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/branden-jacobs-jenkins-20157_actor_i-m-not-a-really-firm-believer-in-theatr_306551.jpg)

> [The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/the-audiences-certainly-have-declined-if-i-go-to-the-theatre-now-i/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/evelyn-waugh-850_audience_the-audiences-certainly-have-declined-if_401187.png)

> [To come to the theatre, people have to make arrangements, change their clothes, find a babysitter, find a parking space - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haris-pasovic/to-come-to-the-theatre-people-have-to-make-arrangements-change-their/)

[Haris Pasovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haris-pasovic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/haris-pasovic-18542_change_to-come-to-the-theatre-people-have-to-ma_3100498.jpg)

> [Theatre people, who are an adaptive species, know that to remain sane in the process of production where everyone and his uncle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lahr/theatre-people-who-are-an-adaptive-species-know-that-to-remain-sane/)

[John Lahr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lahr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/john-lahr-15002_adaptive_theatre-people-who-are-an-adaptive-speci_3082746.jpg)

> [What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-robert-brown/what-s-great-about-collaborating-is-getting-to-work-with-wonderful/)

[Jason Robert Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-robert-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/jason-robert-brown-18136_best_what-s-great-about-collaborating-is-gett_1321881.jpg)

> [My feeling is the moment the theatre is not full you have to do something else. But most people somehow think 'If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-johnstone/my-feeling-is-the-moment-the-theatre-is-not-full-you-have-to-do/)

[Keith Johnstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-johnstone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/keith-johnstone-13430_actor_my-feeling-is-the-moment-the-theatre-is_1077612.jpg)

> [Theatre supposes lives that are poor and agitated, a people searching in dreams for a refuge from thought. If we were happier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-rolland/theatre-supposes-lives-that-are-poor-and-agitated-a-people-searching/)

[Romain Rolland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-rolland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/romain-rolland-10123_dream_theatre-supposes-lives-that-are-poor-and_1421702.jpg)

> [To imagine myself in different ways comes from my beginnings in the theatre. People are more accepting when you go 'apparently', 'wildly'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/to-imagine-myself-in-different-ways-comes-from-my-beginnings-in-the/)

[Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/meryl-streep-1078_accepting_to-imagine-myself-in-different-ways-come_591733.jpg)

> [What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-friend/what-theatre-people-love-about-theatre-and-i-totally-understand-it-i/)

[Rupert Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-friend/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/rupert-friend-6453_actor_what-theatre-people-love-about-theatre-a_3193648.jpg)

> [But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-mcteer/but-then-i-got-a-job-selling-coffee-at-the-york-theatre-and-when-i/)

[Janet McTeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-mcteer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/janet-mcteer-13964_acting_but-then-i-got-a-job-selling-coffee-at-t_1334827.jpg)

> [My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-robert-brown/my-work-is-very-popular-with-performers-and-there-are-theatre-people/)

[Jason Robert Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-robert-brown/)

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