Best Theater Wisdom

1711 Theater quotes by 1191 unique authors

I love flexing theater Muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater. — Eddie Cahill
Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return… — Unknown Author
The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater, and is closer to music. It’s abstract but still narrative. Everything… — Emmanuel Lubezki
I'd forgotten how arrogant people are in the theater, I'm agreeing to starve for a year and he seems to think I should be pleased… — Unknown Author
I love IMDb. I love that people all over the country get that into it. When I was a kid, you literally had to go… — Allen Covert
When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I… — Diego Luna
I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits. — David James
I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be. — Mark Hamill
I'm very resistant to most forms of theater. — Steven Berkoff
The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters. — Steven Berkoff
I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave. — Heather Matarazzo
Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. — Shirley Knight
I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead. — Shirley Knight
I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like… — George Hickenlooper
I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me… — Jay Roach
I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love… — Carlisle Floyd
Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball. — Les Claypool
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the… — Jerome Lawrence
There are worse things than death. Many of them playing at a theater near you. — Woody Allen
Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning. — Sanford Meisner
I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then… — Moe Howard
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and… — Viola Spolin
The techniques of the theater are the techniques of communicating. — Viola Spolin
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can take… — Viola Spolin
The center of the stage is where I am. — Martha Graham

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