Character Quote by Glenda Jackson

You're always trying to find common ground with whatever you do, but you want to not be thinking about yourself when you're performing a…

— Jamie Parker

When I write a play, my whole intent at bottom is to get the audience to be in the cast, to get that audience…

— Jules Feiffer

Having the audience know more than the characters is precisely where you want to be in terms of drama. You can engage them much…

— Thomas Sadoski

Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving…

— Jason Bateman

Audiences need to engage with characters.

— Nina Tassler

When you're in a play, you never really have a sense of what an audience is experiencing. The experience of doing a play is…

— Kate Arrington

I'm a big believer in making sure that action is not confusing and the audience understands what the characters are up to and what…

— David Nutter

There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see…

— Karl Urban

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the…

— David Schwimmer

I agree to play a character if I feel that as an audience member, it will entertain me.

— Babu Antony

If a play is good and you're effective in it, you suddenly hear a silence that is loud, and that moment makes the whole…

— Shelley Winters

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,

— Howard Barker