“I was just on Broadway for four months, and the amount of fan mail that arrived at the theater was just overwhelming. I mean, I had no idea! I guess people suddenly had access to me and knew where to find me, so they got me there, and I was amazed.” PeopleMeanIdeasFourFansMonthsAmountTheaterAccessNo IdeaOverwhelmingMailAmazedBroadwayFind MeFan Mail Author:Sonya Walger
“One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.” BigsComedyOne ThingFansDramaWindowTheaterAbsurdThrownAbsurdity Author:Michael Shannon
“As a kid, I was a huge fan of movies and acting. My mom was in the sort of community theater, and I always hung around down there, and I was a massive fan of everything I'm kind of involved in now. But fairly ordinary and cheeky.” KindKidsCommunityActingFansHugeMomInvolvedOrdinaryTheaterMy MomMassiveHungCheeky Author:Simon Pegg
“I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart.” ThinkingTryingLooksBigsFansSmartTheaterJust BeingPretentious Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“The smaller films just take a longer period of time to build their fan base because people don't see them as soon as they come out in the theater. They see them, after a period of years.” PeopleYearsFilmFansPeriodsTheater Author:Stanley Tucci
“I was home-schooled. My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems. She was scared of letting me go. So, she home-schooled my siblings and I, and she was desperately trying to find something for me to do, for an extracurricular. She was trying to socialize me, so she put me in community theater and I was instantly taken by it.” TryingHomeSchoolCommunityTakenFansMomTheaterScaredMy MomPublic SchoolSiblingSchooledSchool SystemMy Siblings Author:Britt Robertson
“I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I don't even know who comes, but thank God they do come. I can't tell. I keep my head down. I don't meet them. The fans from "Harry Potter" are kids who stop me in the street. I love that. That's terrific. I was amazed how many do.” KnowsI CanKidsFiveDoorsFansStreetsMinutesStageMetsTheaterThank GodHarry PotterAmazedCurtainsFive MinutesTerrificPotters Author:Michael Gambon
“For example, I'm a great fan of pornography, but I don't see any reason not to restrict it so that people walking down the street who hate pornography don't have full color pictures outside of movie theaters. Let them be in a different district. I'm kidding about pornography, but you get the point.” PeopleDifferentReasonHateFansStreetsExampleColorWalkingTheaterPornographyMovie TheaterGreat Fans Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“The dream was to not only make a good-looking film that engaged, but also had the DNA of the show so the fans would love it and also as important had the opportunity to cross over out of the fans because of the price-point. You make a film that's 60 million dollars you can't just appeal to musical theater fans.” ImportantShowsDreamFilmOpportunityMillionsFansCrossesTheaterDollarsMusicalAppealsEngagedLooking GoodDnaMillion DollarsMusical Theater Author:Eric Fellner
“We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksHardThreeAsksHoursWatchesSeeingFansNew YorkCollegeBasketballTheaterBunchTunesCollege BasketballLive Theater Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldShowsFansHugeTheaterCelebrateBroadwayIntroductionBroadway Shows Author:Tyler Perry
“Wray Nerely, the character in Con Man, he actually had a role in Rogue One, but he got cut. It sucked. John Swartz, the producer, is a big fan of Con Man. I even got to screen Con Man while we were shooting Star Wars. They had a theater there, and they let me screen one of the little 10-minute episodes for everyone. What sucked was I had to follow Star Wars.” MenLittlesWarCharacterBigsStarsRolesCuttingFansMinutesLet MeTheaterScreensProducersShootingEpisodesRoguesShooting Star Author:Alan Tudyk
“They're not so much fans of independent movies are they are of independent theatres. They like small theaters with a vague, septic smell. They're not wild about the newfangled theaters with the assigned seating.” FansTheaterIndependentSmellTheatreVague Author:Nick Kroll
“So what 'Twilight' does is show how women/girls can drive box office and they can support a tent pole movie. They're an extremely passionate fan base. This coincided with the 13 year old boys starting to stay home and play video games and work on their home media stuff. They're no longer going to theaters in droves.” YearsDoePlayShowsHomeGirlGamesStuffBoysSupportFansMediaOfficeTheaterStartingPassionateBoxesVideoTwilightTentsBox Office Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.” WantPlayStoriesFilmSidesFansTelevisionTheaterHopefullyFeedingOpen MindedFilm And Television Author:Kim Cattrall
“I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am, of course, a huge fan of scripted everything.” CoursesFansHugeKingsTheaterBackgroundsPlaywrightOptimal Author:Skylar Astin