Theatre Quote by Samuel Barnett

The cinema is a very truthful medium because the camera doesn't let you get away with anything. On stage, you can even loaf a…

— James Dean

It's very different working on stage to film; the immediacy is there on stage.

— Raza Jaffrey

Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.

— Amanda Schull

A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live…

— Nathan Lane

A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a…

— Cab Calloway

The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't tend to…

— Jason Alexander

Any time you take a movie to stage, you can't do the same thing; it's not gonna work.

— Taylor Louderman

If you've got a camera that's two feet away from you, you have to bring it all back down. It's a lot more insular.…

— George MacKay

On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the eye of…

— Cindy Busby

The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium.

— Joseph Bologna

I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

— David Wenham

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

— Helen McCrory