First person Quote by Annaleigh Ashford

In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody can really…

— Francesca Annis

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost…

— Om Puri

When you're in a big theater, you want to reach the very top of the place. Up to the highest seat, so that each…

— Chita Rivera

People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.

— David Lee Roth

Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't…

— John Madden

I've done a lot of theater in my time, and in rehearsals, you're like, 'Well, we find it funny,' but until you get it…

— Phil Dunster

It is hard to sit in the theatre and have people turning round and looking at you.

— Jerry Springer

The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So…

— Dee Dee Ramone

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes.…

— Haylie Duff

Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and…

— Uta Hagen

In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you…

— LaTanya Richardson

What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in…

— Cate Blanchett