“I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.” Has BeensBigsFilmFacesUsedStarsKeysSilentWideTheatreMaskYour FaceLightingFilm StarsSilent Films Author:Faith Prince
“It's lovely that the Hollywood stars are crossing over to Broadway.... There used to be such a dividing line in the country between Hollywood and the theatre and that's just melting away. It's just wonderful right now!” CountryUsedStarsLinesWonderfulRight NowHollywoodTheatreLovelyUsed To BeBroadwayMeltingCrossingsDividingCrossing OverHollywood StarsMelting Away Author:Julie Andrews
“I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false, the mannerisms are false, the sex is false, ideal, the Hollywood world of perfection, the clean image, the well pressed clothes, the well scrubbed anus, odorless, inhuman, of the Hollywood actor, the Broadway star. And the terrible false dirt of Broadway, the lower depths in which the dirt is imitated, inaccurate.” KnowsWorldWellsDoeActorsStarsSexVoiceKnow HowTerribleClothesIdealsPerfectionHollywoodCleanDepthTheatreToneDirtHelloBroadwayInhumanMannerismsAnusBroadway Theatre Author:Julian Beck
“When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.” SchoolStarsDramaDrawsNotionTheatreTiesMovie StarFamily Ties Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.” ThinkingSaidActorsStarsWorryAdviceTheatreManagersOld ManGood Advice Author:Colm Meaney