Actor Quote by Sian Clifford

When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed.

— Viola Davis

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes.…

— Haylie Duff

I sometimes think the theatre is more demanding because it requires things you don't have in films, like it requires you to make the…

— Michael Gambon

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

— Sylvester Stallone

It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more…

— Fredric March

The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.

— Paul Feig

It is hard to sit in the theatre and have people turning round and looking at you.

— Jerry Springer

Theater is such its own living, breathing animal. You do a show every night, but it's different every night. Being on stage, you're experiencing…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell…

— John Tiffany

The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came…

— Tennessee Williams

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to…

— Olivia Williams