Best Theatre Sayings

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The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of… — George Santayana
I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am… — Sviatoslav Richter
Personally, I'd like as many children as I can pop out, I reckon. You come from a happy family; you want to create a happy… — Emilia Clarke
I think its good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every… — Richard Madden
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films… — Isabelle Huppert
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to… — Isabelle Huppert
Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the… — Isabelle Huppert
But theatre is always a difficult experience — Isabelle Huppert
Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work better. I want… — Antonio Banderas
I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do… — Shuler Hensley
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be great… — Ralph Fiennes
I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment. — Michael Pitt
I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it's just an amazing… — Doris Day
There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition… — Christian Slater
I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is… — Sara Gilbert
I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre. — Katie Holmes
If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind. — John Hurt
I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me. — Kate Bosworth
The first perk of theatre is the girls. — James Spader
I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre.… — Richard E. Grant
In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors — Max von Sydow
I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying. — Matthew Macfadyen
I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is… — Sherilyn Fenn
You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird to me. But… — Sherilyn Fenn
The people on the business side in the music business are kind of different from the theatre business. I think it's partly because there are… — Tim Curry

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