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181 Theatrical quotes by 161 unique authors
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In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering…
— Woody Harrelson
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The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.
— Anthony Hopkins
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My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room full of ambitious…
— Jessie J
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For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.
— Penn Jillette
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My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist…
— Grace Jones
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I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read…
— Charlie Kaufman
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Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on…
— Adam Lambert
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When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with…
— Denis Leary
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Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.
— Denis Leary
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I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the…
— Amy Lee
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I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
— Bela Lugosi
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In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
— Gustav Mahler
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It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.
— Marilyn Manson
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We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.
— Michael Moore
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Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.
— Dylan Moran
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I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.
— Edward Norton
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Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
— Eli Roth
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I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always…
— Robert Smith
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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's…
— Stephen Sondheim
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'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.
— Gerard Way
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Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.
— Johnny Weir
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Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me,…
— Johnny Weir
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And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the…
— Florenz Ziegfeld
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It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's…
— John Zorn
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I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.
— W. S. Gilbert
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