Act Quote by Josh Young

When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

— Ashley Tisdale

I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.

— Groucho Marx

It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that you can…

— Twyla Tharp

I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay…

— Sam Smith

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

— Henry Rollins

Usually I'm no stranger to having a drink before an intimate scene, but this was something we were working on for hours and I…

— Amanda Seyfried

Les Mis' was an amazing experience, to be in the original cast of 'Les Miserables,' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' God bless it that…

— Michael Ball

The success of a play, especially one's first success, is somewhat like pushing against a door which is suddenly opened that was always securely…

— Arthur Miller

Maybe the theatre isn't any place for a reasonable human being after all. It keeps your emotions in such a constant state of upheaval.…

— Madeleine L'Engle

It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up…

— Ben Brantley

“As inexplicable as the accidents that set it off, our imagination is a crucial privilege. I've tried my whole life simply to accept the…

— Luis Buñuel

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

— Kurt Fuller