“In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.” DifferentPlayCharacterLightNightActorsSimpleAudienceTheaterEvery Night Author:Diego Luna
“Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.” WellsRealNightActorsWhiteSouthernTrashOne NightWhite Trash Author:Lucas Till
“When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.” WantFirstsLittlesTwoCharacterNightActorsPrayerLaughingFiveMinutesStageDemandStartingStakesBroadwayFive MinutesExitStarting Out Author:Charles Kimbrough
“I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the energy of the crowd and every single night it's different.” ThinkingDifferentNightActorsEnergyTheaterAgreeCrowds Author:Austin Peck
“An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same way. He has developed a technique to convey those feelings so that he can get the ideas across. Or a musician may not want to play that damn music at all, but he has a booking and has to do it.” WayWantYearsMayIdeasPlayFeelingsNightThreeActorsCan DoEmotionMusicianTechniqueDamnThree YearsEvery NightBroadway Author:Richard Estes
“Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever.” WorldLooksHas BeensFilmNightActorsLostForeverPerformancesCaptureOne NightEntertainersGreat Actors Author:Michael Jackson
“Even Arnold's adviser says he was shocked by his decision to run. I mean, his people were backstage that night and they had no idea. He totally fooled them. Who knew Arnold was that good of an actor? If he had done that in a movie, he'd have an Academy Award by now.” PeopleIfsMeanIdeasDoneRunningNightActorsDecisionNo IdeaAwardsShockedAcademyFooledAdviserAcademy Awards Author:Jay Leno
“I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down.” ThinkingPersonsStoriesBodyUsedNightActorsActingHealingRolesSunGoneFireStorytellingPriestsTerrifiedTribesStorytellerHealerPriesthoodArchetypeWeaving Author:Ben Kingsley
“I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used to be frightened only one night a week but now I'm frightened of every performance. I mean really frightened.” MeanUsedNightActorsWeekLosingPerformancesLifetimeUsed To BeCraftsFrightenedPeculiarOne Night Author:Glenda Jackson
“Yeah, you know, if I'm having an emotional scene I do like to go off and be by myself; not to say that I'm a method actor or anything like that, but for scenes like that that are more emotional, I do like to take that night off and not be so social.” IfsKnowsNightActorsSocialEmotionalSceneMethodYeah Author:Shay Mitchell
“[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.” WayNeedsHas BeensPlayNightActorsAudienceFrontsNeededInvolvedEssentialsSittingTheaterOpeningTonightDeniedEquipmentHandicappedOpening Night Author:Hallie Flanagan