“I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with her when I was starting out in my career. How to place my voice from a very relaxed position was all wonderfully reminiscent of going back to the basics. But I always like to do that with any role that I do, to dismantle it and put it all back together again.” SchoolTogetherVoiceCareersRolesTeacherPositionDramaTheaterExtraordinaryStartingRelaxedBack TogetherBasicsStarting OutTogether AgainBack Together Again Author:Ben Kingsley
“I think what I loved in cinema - and what I mean by cinema is not just films, but proper, classical cinema - are the extraordinary moments that can occur on screen. At the same time, I do feel that cinema and theater feed each other. I feel like you can do close-up on stage and you can do something very bold and highly characterized - and, dare I say, theatrical - on camera. I think the cameras and the viewpoints shift depending on the intensity and integrity of your intention and focus on that.” ThinkingFeelsMeanMomentsFilmCan DoFocusStageLike YouIntegrityTheaterCamerasIntentionExtraordinaryDareScreensCinemaIntensityTheatricalViewpointsCan Do SomethingExtraordinary Moments Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.” FeelingsIndividualGivenAudienceStreetsTheaterExtraordinaryHonestlyReactionsGrantedGreatest Gifts Author:Angela Lansbury
“I met Peter Brook, the theater director, who's been based in Paris for many years at the Bouffes du Nord. I admire him tremendously. Some years ago, he was in New York, and he gave an interview with The Times, and what he said was this: "In my work, I try to capture the closeness of the everyday and the distance of myth. Because, without the closeness, you can't be moved, and without the distance, you can't be amazed." Isn't that extraordinary?” TryingYearsSaidNew YorkMetsDirectorsYears AgoTheaterMovedDistanceExtraordinaryEverydayMythAdmireParisInterviewsCapturePeterAmazedBrooksCloseness Author:Paul Auster
“I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.” ThinkingTryingYearsFeelingsAbleJobsSpecialLuckySittingTheaterExtraordinary Author:Chris Weitz
“When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often.” PeopleHappensFilmLevelsBreakTheaterIndependentExtraordinaryMainstreamBreak ThroughIndependent Film Author:Karen Allen
“My mother was an extraordinary theater actor in Canada, and when I would finish school, I would go to the theater. I would do my homework, we would have dinner there, she would do her play, and then me and my sister would go home. So I grew up in it that way.” WayPlayHomeSchoolMotherActorsGrewGrew UpTheaterExtraordinaryDinnerCanadaMy SisterHomework Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I dont like going for more than a year without doing theater. I dont mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel Im open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.” FeelsYearsMindLongFacesFallPossibilityHappeningsTheaterExtraordinaryFlats Author:Sophie Okonedo