Stage Quotes

3309 Stage quotes by 2413 unique authors

To treat a big subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening's traffic of the stage when the evening, freely clipped at each… — Henry James
The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a… — Jean Giraudoux
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world. — Kenneth Tynan
Before our eyes is fought a battle of symbols... for there can be theatre only from the moment when the impossible really begins and when… — Antonin Artaud
Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes
The fun for me is knowing what the other person is saying and what my character would be thinking at that time. On the stage… — Barry Nelson
I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite… — Peter O'Toole
I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how to be on… — Unknown Author
You can't make theater happen without actors. The actor is the central ingredient in making theater happen. Audiences may come to theaters to see the… — Laurence Sterne
There is no definitive list of the duties of a stage manager that is applicable to all theaters and staging environments. Regardless of specific duties,… — Laurence Sterne
An interesting difference between new and experienced stage managers is that the new stage manager thinks of running the show as the most difficult and… — Laurence Sterne
In comedy, beware the split focus. The audience should focus on the face of the actor. The audience must see the setup. If there is… — James Carver
The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only… — Samuel Johnson
You have two kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your… — Stephen Sondheim
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort.… — Laurence Sterne
There is a kind of classlessness in the theater. The rehearsal pianist, the head carpenter, the stage manager, the star of the show-all are family. — Unknown Author
I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage. — Anton Chekhov
One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick. — Moss Hart
Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character… — David Mamet
I can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself. — Tennessee Williams
There is no more reason for a room on a stage to be a reproduction of an actual room than for an actor who plays… — Robert Edmond Jones
A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be… — G. Wilson Knight
Cultural criticism finds itself faced with the final stage of the dialectic of culture and barbarism. To write poetry after the holocaust is barbaric. And… — Theodor Adorno
Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are… — Thomas Jefferson
The most important rule is to formulate, clearly and precisely, the goal to be reached, and then to retain it unswervingly in mind throughout all… — Roberto Assagioli

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