“As I was walking down the stairs, I kept thinking that the room felt like a movie theater with all your attention on this wall, so it seemed like a big challenge.” ThinkingBigsFeltChallengesRoomsAttentionWallWalkingTheaterStairsExhibitionsMovie TheaterBig Challenges Author:Wade Guyton
“The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space, lined as it were with human intellect from top to bottom, and on all side round, may be perhaps be imagined but can not be described.” HumansMaySidesSpaceAttentionConsciousnessObjectsTheaterBottomRoundsIntellectAwfulSoleImmenseCan Not Author:Sarah Siddons
“With a time-based medium like theater or film, you can't have the audience getting restless in their seats. They're stuck there on their bums; you have to pay enormous attention to pace and you can't lose your way.” WayFilmLosesPayAttentionAudienceTheaterStuckEnormousMediumsSeatsPaceRestless Author:Emma Donoghue
“I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.” IfsRunningInterestingPayAttentionComedyMusicianTheaterRaisedPay AttentionClassicOrchestraViolinClassic Music Author:Larry Wall
“When I see a kid in a movie theater texting, I think it's a failure of the movie. It's not a triumph of the Apple iPhone. It's a failure of Warner Bros. and Sony, and all that, because they haven't kept their attention and challenged them. They're smart little kids that are bored, and I wanted to challenge them.” ThinkingLittlesKidsWantedChallengesAttentionHavensSmartTheaterTriumphBoredApplesLittle KidIphoneTextingMovie TheaterBrosSonyWarner Bros Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.” LittlesKidsWantedBitsAttentionClassFiveLittle BitAreasBaseballTheaterLeagueSantaBarbaraDance ClassLittle LeagueLittle League BaseballSanta Barbara Author:Anthony Edwards
“In the neighborhood around Waseda, there were all these movie theaters, so every morning I left the house and watched movies instead of going to class. The experience of encountering films then is one of my greatest memories. Before that I'd never paid any attention to directors, but there I was taking a crash course in Ozu, Kurosawa, Naruse, Truffaut, Renoir, Fellini. Because I've always been naturally a more introspective person, I was more interested in becoming a screenwriter than a director.” PersonsFilmCoursesHouseLeftMemoriesAttentionClassMorningBecomingDirectorsPaidTheaterNeighborhoodEvery MorningCrashIntrospectiveScreenwritersMovie TheaterKurosawaRenoir Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused.” IfsThinkingWorldWayCitiesAttentionNew YorkKingsTheaterIndependentConfusedNew York CityBubbles Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the theater one is self-conscious enough without planning ahead or wondering about the thematic relation from one play to the next. One hopes that one is developing, and writing interestingly, and that's where it should end, I think.” ThinkingShouldWritingEndsSelfEnoughPlayNextPayAttentionWonderDangerousConsciousRelationTheaterPlanningDevelopingRelateSelf ConsciousThe Next OneThematicPlanning Ahead Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to go into the theater than it used to be. And probably attention spans are not as strong as they used to be, generally speaking.” KnowsAbleUsedStrongDecisionAttentionInfluenceTelevisionTheaterUsed To BeAttention Span Author:Michael Snow
“Marya Morevna! Don't you know anything? Girls must be very, very careful to care only for ribbons and magazines and wedding rings. They must sweep their hearts clean of anything but kisses and theater and dancing. They must never read Pushkin; they must never say clever things; they must never have sly eyes or wear their hair loose and wander around barefoot, or they will draw his attention!” KnowsHeartEyeCareGirlAttentionHairKissingDrawsTheaterDancingCleanCarefulRingsCleverMagazinesWanderRibbonsSlyBarefootWedding RingPushkin Book:Deathless Source: Deathless