“I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you have to do two contrasting monologues - at that time, this is 2003 - one classical and one contemporary.” TwoThreeWatchesMinutesTheaterUniversityTheatreContemporaryAssociationAuditionsDeanResidentsMonologues Author:Kunal Nayyar
“Every play should be 90 minutes. There would be so many more theatre-goers if plays were shorter.” IfsShouldPlayWould BeMinutesTheatre Author:Eve Myles
“I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.” HoursMinutesTheatre Author:Laurie Metcalf
“In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.” IfsKnowsFirstsThreeLostAudienceMinutesHavensTheatre Author:Om Puri
“Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are all up for it and you all get to do the whole thing every night, be it two hours or three hours. In film you work in two or three minute bits and it's never in chronological order and then someone takes that away and makes it look like it all happened, or that you gave that performance.” PeopleLooksTwoWholeFilmNightOrderThreeBitsHoursHappenedGroupsMinutesPerformancesTheatreEvery Night Author:Kevin Spacey
“Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.” WayLongLinesPiecesMinutesIdealsTheatreIntervals Author:Daniel Craig
“What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry on. I don't get impatient in the theatre.” WantIdeasCharacterStoriesMinutesSingingTheatreScreensJustifyImpatient Author:Stephen Sondheim