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title: "20 Went Theatre Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Went Theatre quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Went Theatre sayings and thoughts."
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> [At around 45, when I was being offered the same old boring TV parts. So I went back to the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/at-around-45-when-i-was-being-offered-the-same-old-boring-tv-parts-so/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

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> [The first time I went to see theatre, I was in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paterson-joseph/the-first-time-i-went-to-see-theatre-i-was-in-it/)

[Paterson Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paterson-joseph/)

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> [The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hale/the-first-time-my-mum-and-dad-went-to-the-theatre-was-at-my-drama/)

[Amanda Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hale/)

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> [I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-walters/i-never-had-any-acting-heroes-i-never-really-went-to-the-theatre/)

[Julie Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-walters/)

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> [I don't tend to write articles and blogs because, I think, if you went into the theatre knowing that this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/i-don-t-tend-to-write-articles-and-blogs-because-i-think-if-you-went/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

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> [Why was I so single-minded about acting? Acting wasn't in the family; no one went to the theatre in my street. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trudie-styler/why-was-i-so-single-minded-about-acting-acting-wasn-t-in-the-family/)

[Trudie Styler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trudie-styler/)

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> [When I was eight, I went to the theatre, and I remember looking at the stage afterward and pointing and saying, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-grey/when-i-was-eight-i-went-to-the-theatre-and-i-remember-looking-at-the/)

[Joel Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-grey/)

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> [I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-denton/i-never-had-any-classes-or-went-to-theatre-school-like-a-lot-of/)

[James Denton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-denton/)

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> [Growing up in Malaysia and England, there wasn't an obvious route into the comics world, so my creative energy went into theatre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvind-ethan-david/growing-up-in-malaysia-and-england-there-wasn-t-an-obvious-route-into/)

[Arvind Ethan David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvind-ethan-david/)

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> [I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-mcadams/i-grew-up-in-a-very-small-town-and-didn-t-realise-till-later-that-i/)

[Rachel McAdams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-mcadams/)

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> [I trained at RADA, then went into the theatre, but TV is like starting at the bottom again. I have just been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-rundle/i-trained-at-rada-then-went-into-the-theatre-but-tv-is-like-starting/)

[Sophie Rundle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-rundle/)

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> [After I did television, I just felt I didn't have any more to give to the medium. And so I went back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ng-chin-han/after-i-did-television-i-just-felt-i-didn-t-have-any-more-to-give-to/)

[Ng Chin Han](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ng-chin-han/)

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> [I went to theatre school for four years and just wanted to do theatre. I had no ambition to be on TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-roiz/i-went-to-theatre-school-for-four-years-and-just-wanted-to-do-theatre/)

[Sasha Roiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-roiz/)

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> [Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/two-chinamen-visiting-europe-went-to-the-theatre-for-the-first-time/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/from-a-very-young-age-i-wanted-to-get-up-on-stage-whenever-i-went-to/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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> [The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jessica-parker/the-arts-were-a-big-part-of-my-childhood-we-went-to-the-theatre-and/)

[Sarah Jessica Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jessica-parker/)

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> [“I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/i-went-to-the-theatre-with-the-author-of-a-successful-play-he/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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> [When I was young, I first went into the theatre which opened up across from my house. My mum and dad put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-kemp/when-i-was-young-i-first-went-into-the-theatre-which-opened-up-across/)

[Martin Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-kemp/)

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> [This is obnoxious, but the first time I went to the theatre I was still in the womb. My mum went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myha-la/this-is-obnoxious-but-the-first-time-i-went-to-the-theatre-i-was/)

[Myha'la](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myha-la/)

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> [I think my first bout of that was when I was doing me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn't change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-think-my-first-bout-of-that-was-when-i-was-doing-me-and-my-girl/)

[Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/)

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