Conceit Quote by Orson Welles

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the…

— Kyle MacLachlan

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

— David Mamet

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 write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing.

— Eric Bogosian

I suppose, writing a play is finding out what the play is.

— Edward Albee

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

Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity…

— Richard Serra

The great thing about doing a play is you get this rehearsal period, which you don't get with most film and television roles.

— Charlie Cox

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

The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

— Michael O'Keefe

You can make anything into a play for the simple reason that the human mind is one of the best writers in the business.…

— Morgan Freeman

The whole thing about writing a play is that it's all about controlling the flow of information traveling from the stage to the audience.…

— Tom Stoppard