“At 12 years old in the dangerous world that I was in, with a very difficult home life, I found the stage was the safest place to be. It was predetermined and predictable - and furthermore you got to be someone else. All the problems only began when you left the building.” WorldYearsProblemHomeFoundLeftDifficultStageDangerousBuildingPredictablePredeterminedHome LifeDangerous World Author:Patrick Stewart
“It's dangerous to get calm. You need some nerves to work from, it's good energy. It's not good to have no nerves. You'd fall asleep on stage.” NeedsFallEnergyStageDangerousCalmNervesGood Energy Author:Bob Odenkirk
“In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference may have been, has resulted in the direst evils both to religion and to science, and invariably; and, on the other hand, all untrammelled scientific investigation, no matter how dangerous to religion some of its stages may have seemed for the time to be, has invariably resulted in the highest good both of religion and of science.” MayHas BeensMatterHandsEvilInterestModernStageDangerousHighestInvestigationInterferenceModern History Book:A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Source: A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
“The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.” GirlActorsStageDangerousDangerMastersDancingDanceTheatreTeaTango Author:Lillian Russell
“An audience is the most dangerous thing in the world, because they paid, and they're looking at you. And they paid! And there's a lot of them! And they cast a cold eye, because they paid. To be on the stage, you have to be very secure.” WorldEyeAudienceStageDangerousColdPaidCastsSecureDangerous ThingsCold Eyes Author:Christopher Walken
“In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanImportantActorsTermPiecesStageDangerousReturnPeriodsTheater Author:Cillian Murphy