“In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if youre a theater actor its very difficult to make a living. But its also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education.” IfsBeautifulActorsDifficultTheaterMexicoPathwaysVery Beautiful Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return of the Jedi credit and say, 'Oh, you were part of Star Wars.' I smile and say, 'Yes, but only for twenty-six and a half seconds.'” PeopleLooksWarActorsStarsHalfCompanyReturnSixProgramTwentiesTheaterCreditSecondsEnviousI Smile Author:Caroline Blakiston
“Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth when he's performing, but when the show is over, he's sad and troubled. I wish he could live in the eternal present, because in the theater everything remains in memories and photographs. Literature, on the other hand, allows you to live in the present and to remain in the pantheon of the future. Literature is a way to say, I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, this is my name.” MenWaySaidShowsHandsEarthActorsFatherLiteratureNamesWishMemoriesEternalOvercomingTheaterRemainsPhotographBest WayPerformingLive In The PresentSignaturesPantheonHappiest Man Author:Ilan Stavans
“I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.” ThinkingI CanCharacterShowsActorsOpportunityGivenTheaterCharacter Actors Author:Mark Hamill
“Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.” FilmCertainActorsLevelsTheaterGhoulsFilm Actors Author:Shirley Knight
“I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form.” ThinkingArtFilmFormActorsFictionPureTheaterArchitectureNarrativeCinemaMovieFilmmakingArt HistoryCulmination Author:George Hickenlooper
“London's Windmill Theater grew famous for its nude tableaux. During the 1940 and 1950, this theater overcame the objections of censors by agreeing that none of its naked actors would move any part of his/her body.” BodyMovingActorsGrewTheaterLondonNakedCensorshipObjectionsWindmills Author:Lynda Bellingham