Best Theatrical Sayings
181 Theatrical quotes by 161 unique authors
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
— Parker Posey
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I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.
— Andy Goldsworthy
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What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison d'etre for many…
— Caridad Svich
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Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.
— Bela Lugosi
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Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to…
— Amanda Palmer
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Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and…
— Trip Hawkins
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As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of…
— Lisa Schwarzbaum
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I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the…
— Amy Sedaris
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God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.
— Robert Ludlum
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And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a…
— Tony Kushner
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Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life.
— Octavio Paz
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My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
— Mark Leyner
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I also grew up building theatrical scenery. I spent many years building scenery as a large part of my income and that allowed me to…
— Nick Offerman
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And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your…
— Josh Radnor
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My family is very theatrical.
— Debra Wilson
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I did theatrical caricatures.
— Martin Landau
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Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's…
— Steve Vai
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I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to…
— Mel Torme
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
— Aaron Sorkin
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One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.
— Moss Hart
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The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of…
— Moss Hart
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When I started coming to do shows in New York, New York had a pretty electric energy then. It was the early-nineties, and there was…
— Shalom Harlow
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Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche…
— Placido Domingo
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
— Kate Burton
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