“The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater.” WantShowsWifeGoes OnTheaterMy WifeChicagoDowntown Author:William Petersen
“The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.” PeopleShowsTogetherFormNightFivePlayerSixTheaterTablesDinnerEvery NightEnsembleDinner Table Author:Michael J. Fox
“I'm doing 5000 seat theaters and audiences are going nuts, it's fantastic and it makes me very happy. I'm dirty, but not like this; I just do comedy that I find funny. I'm working on a new tv show for cable and it's not set up yet.” ShowsAudienceComedyTvsTheaterFantasticDirtySeatsNutsTv ShowsVery HappyCables Author:Bob Saget
“It's not like I had big dreams to go to California and become an actor. I loved doing my shows at school and community theater, and I probably would have settled in New York because it was closer. I was going to go to NYU.” ShowsDreamBigsSchoolActorsCommunityNew YorkTheaterCaliforniaNyuSchools And Community Author:Christine Taylor
“Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.” ArtShowsSeemsSpiritPaintingFineTheaterAtmosphereHallsMuseumsLackingInteriorsEnteringListening To MusicGalleryArt GalleriesMusic Hall Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call.” ThinkingFirstsTwoPlayShowsMonthsInvolvedSixModelsTheaterMalesFortyPlasticSix MonthsCasting Author:Austin Peck
“I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called "Seesaw." I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time, my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first actors in Hollywood to start his own production company, and I respected him because he created something he believed in.” FirstsShowsFeltRolesAudienceSuccessfulHeardModelsTheaterAccomplishmentRole ModelsApplauseSense Of AccomplishmentLancasterSeesaw Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.” ShowsInterestingComedyTheaterMixturesComedy ShowsLowbrow Author:Jasper Fforde
“The artist doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. Have it on the screen but have the people come out of the theater into a world of peace, of a beautiful world. They don't have to suffer in their lives.” PeopleWorldShowsBeautifulArtistSufferingTheaterScreensBeautiful World Author:David Lynch
“I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. I'm going to use my theater to its fullest potential.” YearsUseShowsMorningTheaterEveningAfternoonHiringBest Year Author:Mickey Gilley
“In theater, there's a lot of discipline involved in doing eight shows a week for a year and a half. It's nice to be able to bring some of that bag of tools with you over to the film world, where you don't have the rehearsal, you don't have an audience. You don't have a month of rehearsal to examine these words, and you meet the guy who's going to play your brother the morning that you shoot the scene. So you need a bag of tools.” WorldNeedsYearsPlayShowsAbleFilmGuyHalfMorningAudienceNiceWeekBrotherMonthsDisciplineInvolvedSceneToolsTheaterEightBagsRehearsalYour Brother Author:William Sadler
“As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.” MindPersonsShowsWatchesTheaterFilmmaker Author:Darren Aronofsky
“When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.” ShowsFoundFeltMy OwnComedyTalentTheaterShockedEnsembleBerkeley Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.” DifferentPlayShowsTvsTheaterRaisedPerformingTv Shows Author:Bea Arthur
“I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of Thrones' is a perfect example of that, or even a show like 'The Wire,' which isn't all about instant gratification it's about inviting someone into the long experience of television the way you'd be invited into a theater for two hours. So I think in that way, and the quality of writing in television is probably much better than most film writing.” ThinkingWayWritingLongTwoShowsFilmMovingGamesHoursPerfectQualityExampleTelevisionExpectationsTheaterInstantProportionThronesInvitedGratificationInvitingCinematicInstant GratificationFilm Writing Author:Bryan Singer
“The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.” RealShowsAudienceDoorsOfficeGainsTheaterBoxesStormReal LifeLife And DeathCrashEntrancesSleepyBox OfficeSensationalCourthouses Author:Clarence Darrow