Able Quote by Vivien Leigh

I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

— Louise Jameson

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that…

— Jamie Foxx

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the…

— Lee Hall

Classical music, fortunately or not, unfolds in time. It's not like a picture you can stare at for 10 seconds or 10 hours. You…

— Carlo Grante

I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the big parts…

— Gwilym Lee

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

— Gustavo Dudamel

What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in their hand…

— Joseph Fiennes

I actually grew up seeing a lot of classical theater - a lot of Shakespeare - but I have such a passion for music…

— Phillipa Soo

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

— Renee O'Connor

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first…

— Rich Sommer

I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

— Vivien Leigh

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's…

— Brian McKnight