“Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.” LongShowsRunningActingAudienceWeekStagePossibilityProductionsEightTheatreLong RunsBroadwayUnnaturalStage ActingAmadeusStage Presence Author:Fred Melamed
“I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.” WayNeedsLongPlayHoursTelevisionShotsSeriesTheatre Author:Gavin MacLeod
“I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.” FeelsLongCareersComfortableLong TimeTheatreBackgrounds Author:Ann Dowd
“I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.” WantLongDifferentPlayFilmActorsHouseActingAudienceMaterialsTvsEmptySeriesIntentionTheatreDistinctionTv SeriesBlockbusterEmpty HousesMore The Merrier Author:Ian Mckellen
“When we play the fool, how wideThe theatre expands! beside,How long the audience sits before us!How many prompters! what a chorus!” LongPlayAudienceFoolTheatreChorus Book:The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster]. Source: The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].
“Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played them, and will be around long after I play them. Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.” LongHas BeensPlayActorsEnjoyActingTheatre Author:Liev Schreiber
“In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in me an enthralled audience of one, and I applaud them across the centuries.” LongPastActorsAudienceCenturyTheatreCollectionsPlaywrightPast LifeAudience Of One Book:Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading Source: Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading