“As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.” FilmRolesAudienceStageGood Films Author:Kevin Pollak
“My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.” FirstsFilmCrazyStageDadShotsUniversalMy DadStudiosCreditActressesGrandmotherFortyContractsMy GrandmotherUniversal Studios Author:Chris Pine
“If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.” IfsFilmActingStageHugeNakedGymWorkoutRichard Ii Author:Eddie Redmayne
“It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or a movie actor. Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little bit more blurred than they used to be.” KindLittlesTodayFilmUsedActorsBitsLinesHappenedOne ThingStageTelevisionTvsLittle BitUsed To BeCrossoverMovie ActorsFilm ActorsStage Actors Author:Aaron Tveit
“Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.” WayI CanDifferentMightAbleFilmFormStagePaperWeaknessAdvantagePerformancesCommunicateMediumsDifferent WaysStage Performance Author:Lawrence Wright
“Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage.” InspirationalDifferentSoulPlayFilmLife IsWalksRolesStageBuddhismBirthPleaseTheatrePopcorn Author:Frederick Lenz
“People may know me from films, but theater is my first love. I did about 35 plays before I even landed my first screen role. I'm very comfortable on stage, and theater is not something you can just wing.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMayPlayFilmRolesStageComfortableTheaterWingsScreensKnow MeFirst Love Author:Sanaa Lathan
“A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word to image, connecting these images to memories, dreams, and larger ideas. Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it.” StillsBookIdeasPlayDreamFilmFormForceMemoriesChanceStageTelevisionAdultsActiveTranslateConnectingStage Play Author:Joe Meno
“I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.” PeopleIfsShowsFilmClearStageEmptyEditorsStinkManipulative Author:D. B. Sweeney
“Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!” IfsGivingTryingImportantFilmFormActingStagePossibilityStage Acting Author:Erland Josephson
“You go through different stages when you're working on the music in film. At least, I do. You have a temp score, so you have music from other people, usually from other movies, to give you a sense of what the mood is supposed to be, what the atmosphere is.” PeopleGivingDifferentFilmStageMoodSupposed To BeAtmosphereScore Author:Duncan Jones
“I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so much. What I really miss about the theater is that in the end, it's yours to give. In television and film, it's yours to do and someone else's to take and someone else's to give. As much as I love television - the biggest luxury of all is to know that you have a job to go to - I do miss that connection and having that power over my own performance on stage.” KnowsGivingEndsPlayJobsFilmReadingActorsMy OwnStageMissingTelevisionConnectionsPerformancesTheaterLuxuryPathetic Author:Julianna Margulies
“All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be.” IfsWorldWantedFilmFoundInterestActingFantasyStageTvsTrainingConvincedBackgroundsSci FiLarger Than Life Author:Patrick Stewart
“In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and form of a play or a film scenario was of little importance to us. What mattered was was the opportunity, which came so seldom to our folks ... Later I came to understand that the Negro artist could not view the matter simply in terms of of his individual interests, and that he had a responsibility to his people who rightfully resented the traditional stereotyped portrayals of Negros on stage and screen.” PeopleLittlesMatterPlayFilmFormArtistActorsOpportunityIndividualTermInterestViewsAttitudeResponsibilityStageImportanceFolksScreensTraditionalPerformersScenariosPrevailingPortrayal Author:Paul Robeson
“I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does for awhile become family.” PeopleThinkingDoeImportantFilmCoursesStageEssenceProductionsCollaboration Author:Julie Andrews
“I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium.” ThinkingWantedFilmWonderfulStageMediums Author:James Corden
“There's something mystical and wonderful about being in the room with the actual live performer s on stage that works. In film, it doesn't work so you're dependent on a great director to keep the thing moving along.” FilmMovingRoomsWonderfulStageDirectorsDependentPerformersMystical Author:Marshall Brickman
“Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less. Unfortunately, there's a style of acting going round, especially with the younger actors, where they talk without even moving their lip. Maybe it's because my hearing probably isn't what it was 40 years ago but I'm sitting there going "What did they say"?” ThinkingYearsLittlesFilmMovingActorsActingStageStyleConsciousSittingYears AgoRoundsLipsHearingTheatreSpeaking UpFilm ActorsStage Actors Author:Clint Eastwood
“I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.” FilmStageTelevision Author:Isabelle Huppert
“One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.” IfsWayWantFilmMovingYoungUnderstandingActingCareersStageSkillsEssentialsTrainingBasesTechniquePursueAcquireLongevityYoung Women Author:Kathleen Turner
“Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.” PeopleUseFilmStageIllusionMagician Author:David Copperfield
“Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace and both Roosevelts.” FilmRolesStageTelevisionDiverseJuanAbeGoeringGeorge Wallace Author:Bob Gunton
“I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it. I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture. It has to move all the time... It's not the stage. A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson. Their eyes need to be dazzled. The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.” IfsNeedsI CanImportantEyeCareFilmMovingAudienceStageLessonsElementsPagesPicksDon't CareScreensI Don't CareFlipScreenplaysLearning Lessons Author:Robert Evans
“I would say the three stages of making a film are the initial 'are we gonna do this,' 'how much will I be paid,' is there a lot of nights, who's it going to be with? The second stage of doing a film is how much fun your going to have doing it. The third stage is was the film a hit?” FilmNightThreeFunStageThirdsPaidInitials Author:Steve Martin
“I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.” ThinkingTryingStillsCharacterFilmActorsStageTelevisionTaughtTheatreFilm And TelevisionStage Actors Author:Tony Shalhoub
“When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.” RememberFilmPartyStageTelevisionPerformancesTickets Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather of cinema. Digital animators still treat his images like the Bible. He was a very obsessed man.” MenStillsFilmStageTreatsPhotographerCinemaObsessedDigitalVictorianForefathersFreezingAnimator Author:Andy Serkis
“Sometimes people that are very good at improvisation in life, meaning like stage improvisation, aren't good in films because you have to ultimately take a scene where it needs to go. It's not about just saying something that's funny. You can say something funny but if it's not on story or driving the scene to its end it's really not very helpful at all.” PeopleIfsNeedsEndsSometimesStoriesFilmStageSceneVery GoodDrivingMeaning Of LifeHelpfulImprovisationJust SayingLife Means Author:Vince Vaughn