“...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism.” PeopleSometimesFeltKnownMovementSeriousActivityDirectTheaterVariousHarmUpliftingLackingIdealism Book:Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production Source: Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production
“With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half.” ChristianHouseHalfChristianitySeriousDevelopmentTheaterParis Author:Christian Lacroix
“I'm not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I'm interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don't know.” KnowsWantHonestSeriousTypeDramaHollywoodTheaterBeing HonestNot Sure Author:Taron Egerton
“While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.” PeopleEvilFeltSeriousTheaterAgreeCriticsDecentQuartersUnnecessaryNecessary Evil Author:Jean Kerr
“I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside of the old cowboy-or-fireman. When I was in college, I got serious about acting. I started examining history and then everything related to the theater. History, art, all the other studies, if I could link them into the theater, then it became alive for me. It just opened up my eyes.” IfsArtIdeasEyeWantedActingStudyAliveCollegeSeriousTheaterNo IdeaPerformingRelatedIf I CouldLinksCowboyExaminingFireman Author:Billy Crystal
“I love doing theaters, cracking people up, hearing them physically roll in the aisles. But we need to get serious. These are serious times. No joke. No joke.” PeopleNeedsSeriousJokesTheaterHearingAisle Author:James Gandolfini
“I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more now because it's easier. I can't work in the theater because to me it's too serious. It's like being in prison for me. I admire people that can do that but I can't do it. I'd rather live my life and do a bit of acting in between.” PeopleI CanUsedBitsEnjoyCan DoActingSeriousEasierTheaterPrisonAdmireUsed To BeObsessedLiving My Life Author:Anthony Hopkins
“For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.” LooksKindMeanArtMadeMomentsPaintingSeriousArt IsTheaterSeriesEndlessSpotsThat MomentSpotlightImplied Author:Damien Hirst
“I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and was like, "No, I'm a serious actor. I want to do Shakespeare. I want to do classical theater." I took myself very seriously.” WantSchoolActorsCollegeSeriousHigh SchoolTheater Author:Timothy Omundson
“But the question is - are we deporting a couple hundred people for show or are we actually making a serious effort to remove everybody who's got a final order of removal? When I say enforcement theater, what I mean is a kind of pretend enforcement.” PeopleKindMeanShowsOrderEffortSeriousCoupleHundredTheaterFinalsRemoveEnforcementRemoval Author:Mark Krikorian
“I saw 'Avatar' in the theater eight times and I got booed for it. I'm totally serious. First of all, I love that movie. I totally love that movie, but nothing intrigues me more than the fact that it made like $2.7 billion and so how many people had to see it for it to make that much money.” PeopleFirstsMadeFactsSawsSeriousTheaterEightBillionsIntrigue Author:Casey Neistat
“Everybody used to say going to restaurants... is like theater, there's stage sets, there's drama, there's play acting and you watch the show. And now, boy, everything's just become so serious. And you sit at the counter and the chef comes out and tells you what he did to the Brussels sprouts leaves and no, there's not a lot of dancing.” PlayShowsUsedActingBoysWatchesStageSeriousDramaTheaterDancingRestaurantsChefSproutsBrusselsBrussel Sprouts Author:Pete Wells
“I really think that people who want to think more serious have to go and watch theater. Theater is a very sterilized art form. Not as much as music, but very close to music.” PeopleThinkingWantArtFormWatchesSeriousTheater Author:Asghar Farhadi
“I certainly wake up every morning and thank God that I'm not a novelist because the theater is tough, but novel writing is infinitely harder. Especially with the economics of serious fiction being what they are in America.” WritingAmericaFictionMorningNovelSeriousToughEconomicsHarderWake UpTheaterNovelistsThank GodEvery MorningNovel Writing Author:Tony Kushner
“I love musicals but it's very, very different. It's really just a different form than serious drama, and has very different rules and a completely different set of characters and requirements and ambitions. It maybe shouldn't be as separate as it is, but it's got a different history. In terms of serious drama, I think you'd have to say that you could break it down essentially into the narrative realist tradition and experimental theater.” ThinkingDifferentCharacterFormTermBreakSeriousDramaAmbitionTraditionTheaterNarrativeRequirementsRealistI Love Music Author:Tony Kushner