“When the digital world is really here, movies can be disseminated from satellite direct to homes and direct to small theaters in Mongolia and northern Russia and obscure places that the market for movies is going to grow and grow and grow.” WorldHomeGrowsDirectTheaterRussiaDigitalObscureSatellitesDigital WorldMongolia Author:Howard Stringer
“...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
“If I could act in theater, my whole life, and never act in film or television again, and just direct the rest of my life, I would gladly do that.” IfsWholeFilmTelevisionDirectTheaterWhole LifeIf I Could Author:Matthew Lillard
“If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."” IfsNeedsFeelsWellsPlayUseStarsStuffTalkingComedyDirectorsDirectEarsTheaterClubsToneComedy Clubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities.” PeopleWantPlayTelevisionDirectTheaterDisabilityLooking ForwardWorkshopsPeople With Disabilities Author:Chris Burke
“I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.” KnowsTryingDifferentPlayRunningCompanyNew YorkDirectTheaterDifferent ThingsEclectic Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because everyone's there to protect the writing. When I had an idea for a film that I really cared about as my own, I wanted to direct it, and then I immediately became interested in directing in and of itself because it's such a deep art. You suddenly have all these tools at your disposal to tell the story.” NeedsWritingFirstsArtIdeasStoriesWantedFilmMy OwnDirectorsProtectToolsDirectTheaterPlaywright Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.” WritingExerciseDirectTheater Author:Lewis Black
“In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery” WantI CanFightingMinesDirectTheaterContactMovieMachinery Author:Max von Sydow
“In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.” PeopleFormCommunicationFindingsDirectTheater Author:Cherrie Moraga