“The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.” MomentsEnergyHoursHalfTheaterIndescribableLive Theater Author:Adrianne Palicki
“Most theater methodology is predicated on the idea of repeated actions. That's what you work toward. Having the actor repeat the same moment eight times a week. In a film, it's getting that one moment right.” IdeasMomentsActionFilmActorsWeekTheaterEightRepeatsMethodology Author:Stephen Daldry
“What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.” MomentsLightMysteryBiggerTheaterBoxesExcitedMovie Theater Author:J. J. Abrams
“Those who delight in bad movies and enjoy producing their own unfilmed versions of Mystery Science Theater 3000 may gain a measure of semi-masochistic enjoyment out of Van Helsing . There are quite a few unintentionally funny moments, although the overall experience was too intensely painful for me to be able to advocate it as being "so bad, it's good."” MayMomentsAbleEnjoyMysteryGainsTheaterPainfulDelightVersionsEnjoymentVansBad MoviesMasochisticVan HelsingFunny Moments Author:James Berardinelli
“I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I was fourteen. Maybe it was a Moliere play? I discovered the atmosphere of the theater, and I knew I wanted to be an actor.” ThinkingPlayMomentsWantedActorsSawsTheaterAtmosphereFourteen Author:Louis Garrel
“Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.” PeopleMomentsFormCertainNextLaughingComedyCryExpressionTheaterCombinationMaking People LaughCombiningAstounded Author:Aleksey Igudesman
“People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.” PeopleMomentsRomanceActorsFoundImpossibleStageCryLoversTheaterEndureWaveBelovedChairsCheerSweetnessFound The One Author:Bette Davis
“If a play is good and you're effective in it, you suddenly hear a silence that is loud, and that moment makes the whole schmageggy business of an actor or an actress worthwhile, because you suddenly know that they are human beings like you, who are receiving something from you.” IfsKnowsHumansPlayWholeMomentsActorsHuman BeingsSilenceLike YouTheaterActressesLoudThat MomentWorthwhileReceiving Author:Shelley Winters
“Theater is a very changeable art. It responds to the moment in history the way the newspaper does, and there's no predicting what to come up with next.” WayDoeArtMomentsNextTheaterCome UpNewspapersPredicting Author:Arthur Miller
“Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could be giving you different views of the character; the emotional highlights of a moment.” GivingWritingDifferentWholeMomentsCharacterViewsResponsibilityEmotionalTheaterFishesPlotHighlightsDifferent Views Author:Frank Wildhorn