“When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.” WellsSchoolFocusPlayerDecidedTheaterQuittingLeagueScholarshipVolleyballIvyI QuitIvy LeagueVolleyball PlayerIvy League Schools Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I'm used to a lot of repetition, and I'm used to really attacking something over and over and over again.” WantFeelsRealUsedFocusSceneTheaterBackgroundsRepetitionAttackingVariationPerfectionist Author:Michael Shannon
“There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to do a comedy whose chief characters are photographic enlargements. Those people we see in doorways. Newlyweds, sergeants, dead girls, an anonymous crowd full of mustaches and wrinkles. It should be terrible. If I focus it well, it will possess pathos without consolation. In the midst of those people I will place an authentic fairy.” PeopleIfsShouldWellsCharacterFeelingsPastGirlDoubtComedyFocusTerribleTheaterCrowdsChiefsNo DoubtFairyMidstConsolationWrinklesDoorwaysMustachePathosSergeantsNewlywedsEnlargement Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“Even though I have fond feelings for comedy clubs, I enjoy the focus you get in a theater. Comedy clubs are a different animal. People are being served nachos and there's a blender going off in the background.” PeopleDifferentFeelingsEnjoyAnimalComedyFocusTheaterClubsBackgroundsComedy ClubsDifferent AnimalsBlendersNachos Author:Brian Regan
“The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged mind-theaters full of tragedies and triumphs, because unfortunately, the fear of death does wonders to focus the mind, inspire creativity, and heightens the senses. Trusting one's hunches only seems gamble if one has time for seem; otherwise the brain goes on autopilot and trades the elite craft of analysis for the best rapid insights that float up from its danger files and ancient bag of tricks.” IfsMindDoeIdeasMomentsSeemsNextBrainWonderCreativityWorryFocusDangerInspireGoes OnTragedyTheaterSafetyTradeAncientInsightSensesTricksCraftsTriumphAnalysisBagsElitesFloatsRapidsParticlesFear Of DeathFilesGambleHunchesInspire CreativityFugueAutopilotTragedy And Triumph Author:Diane Ackerman
“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 don't believe in lowest common denominators. Our focus has been on delivering value. We're rarely going to be the cheapest theater in a market. We strive to be the best.” BelieveHas BeensValuesCommonFocusTheaterStriveDon't BelieveBeing The BestLowestDeliveringCommon DenominatorLowest Common Denominator Author:Gerry Lopez
“I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last 100 years, but I really wanted, for my first step forward, to choose material that has inspired me and got me into the world of musical theater.” WorldYearsFirstsWantedLastsSongStepsGrowing UpFocusGrowingMaterialsTheaterInspiredMusicalFirst StepsSteps ForwardMusical Theater Author:Josh Groban
“I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the Meisner approach of improvise-based acting. This does not mean that you improvise your acting, but that you focus on the other person.” IfsMeanPersonsDoeWholeSchoolGamesActingFocusApproachTheater Author:Mackenzie Davis
“I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to see the poor levels of light and the disrespect for films that existed in certain theater chains. It was always inconsistent. And in the lab, too, the photochemical process was very difficult to watch, because sometimes they were shipping prints that you didn't even know were two points off or three points off. We suffered greatly to make these films, and they'd be out-of-focus, with the sound too low.” ThinkingKnowsTwoSometimesLightFilmCertainThreeProcessDifficultSoundPoorLevelsWatchesFocusLowsTheaterChainsFilmmakerPrintDisrespectLabsInconsistentShippingDisheartening Author:Oliver Stone
“[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!” WantYearsHas BeensBigsPastFocusTheaterGet Back Author:Andre Holland
“We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.” WorldArtFormCommunityFocusTheaterArt Dance Author:Erykah Badu
“And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something.” PeopleThinkingPlayFocusMediaHugeTheaterSuperstar Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.” IfsWayEnoughHomeFocusCoupleTheaterSundayComing HomeSaturdayFriday Author:Patton Oswalt
“When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.” WorldMindHeartStillsHelpingBehindsSunFocusSkyCivilizationTheaterBlueWarmIceRepeatsHelp MeSensationsGravityFar AwayTrafficBreezeMeltingMantrasBlue SkyBikingBreaking SomeoneBlue Jays Author:Diane Ackerman