Theater Quotes

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As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it. — Darren Aronofsky
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high… — Jensen Ackles
Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. — Lester Bangs
If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience. — Tallulah Bankhead
I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and… — Amy Adams
I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after… — Amy Adams
The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real… — Lewis Black
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise. — Lewis Black
I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role. — Orlando Bloom
You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do… — Michael Bloomberg
In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. — Casey Affleck
I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club. — Elayne Boosler
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. — Ray Bradbury
I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something… — Jeff Bridges
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater. — Alvin Ailey
I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered… — Tim Burton
Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing… — Sandra Bullock
I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll… — Alan Alda

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