Act Quote by Twyla Tharp

Certainly a curtain has never fallen too soon for me. Every play is too long, even the short ones. Every concert, every film, every…

— Howard Jacobson

Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go…

— Eli Wallach

There's nothing like an opening night or like the curtain going up and having a full house, but also having weeks and weeks to…

— Aidan Turner

In the first act, you get the audience's attention - once you have it, they will repay you in the second. Play through the…

— Noel Coward

In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use…

— J. B. Smoove

When you go to a show on opening night, or even the second performance, it is at the very beginning of what it will…

— Susanna Phillips

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost…

— Om Puri

That's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear.

— Rick Yancey

It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play,…

— Treat Williams

Life is just a show and I just can't stand the fact that one day the curtain is going to close.

— Elias Cortez

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

Life is not a rehearsal. Each day is new show. No repeat, not rewind, not retake. So give your best shot in all your…

— Aldyna Threesya