Art Quote by Tom Stoppard

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them,…

— Arthur Miller

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

Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.

— Stanley Kubrick

In the best-case scenario, the audience sees themselves in your shoes. The only way you can do that is if you try to play…

— Jay Baruchel

I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.

— Zach Braff

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,

— Howard Barker

By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you can not only help…

— Walter Murch

In a play, you can adjust your performance to audience reaction, but in a film, it's like you're trapped in a bad dream watching…

— Jonathan Groff

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do…

— Terrence McNally

Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all…

— Glenda Jackson

The process with the play, obviously, it belongs to you by the time you're stepping on stage in front of that audience for the…

— Gretchen Mol

You don't want to bring an actor in and force them into a performance. You want their input. You want their creative thoughts.

— Andrea Romano