Able Quote by Anton Chekhov

You must be so thoroughly immersed in the given circumstances of the play, then you decide what it is at any given moment what…

— Constantin Stanislavski

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense…

— Edward Albee

Playwrights are discovering you can bypass the shorthand of cinema and really explore a situation, ramp up the pressure, over several hours of telly.

— Adrian Lester

Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go…

— Eli Wallach

To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my…

— Edward Albee

The play is done; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell A moment yet the actor stops And looks around to say…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress,…

— Kevin Spacey

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do…

— Phylicia Rashad

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

— Edward Albee

If a play is good and you're effective in it, you suddenly hear a silence that is loud, and that moment makes the whole…

— Shelley Winters

You know when you've found a part that you want to play. You know it because the part takes you over. It sits in…

— Peter O'Toole

To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give…

— Ted Lange