Background Quote by Alan Alda Download Open image “My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.” — Alan Alda ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Background Like Lot Movie Movies Plays Stage Theatre Write Writing
I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies. — Obie Trice Copy Share Image
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I don't really write with actors in mind; I write with characters and then hope desperately that we can get good actors to play… — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that I'm not in and just be in a rehearsal room as a writer. But I love theater. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Ive been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
We need to be more conversant with it because science is in our lives. It's in everything. It's in the food we eat. It's… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something,… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background. — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless… — David H. Koch Copy Share Image
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background. — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music. — Badshah Copy Share Image
Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an… — Jason Mantzoukas Copy Share Image