People Quote by David Mamet

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

— Stella Adler

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you…

— Cate Blanchett

The idea with theatre is to come to an environment that you enjoy.

— Clive Rowe

I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know.…

— Pearl Cleage

The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life…

— Stella Adler

The theater is a communal experience, and whatever the emotional connection between an audience member and the actors onstage, it ripples through the whole…

— Colin Callender

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.

— Sarah Ruhl

Theater should address the stories of its communities, or I don't know why it's here.

— George C. Wolfe

All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater. But that has to…

— Shane Carruth

Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.

— Peter Brook

“When truth and virtue are so rare in almost every area of our society the world needs theatre and the theatre needs actors who…

— Melissa Bruder

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

— Chita Rivera