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“If I hadn't gone into the theater, I would be a painter.”

Ifs Would Be Gone Theater Painter Psychotic

Author:Joe Mantello

“I know I always had a lot of energy growing up and I had to put it somewhere. Theater allowed me to really feel things, to laugh, to cry, to explode outward. I could do anything and it was totally accepted and appreciated. If I hadn't gone into the theater, I probably would have been a psychotic killer.”

Ifs Knows Feels Has Beens Energy Laughing Gone Growing Up Growing Cry Theater Accepted Killers Appreciated Psychotic

Author:Faith Prince

“That's how all theater should be done - you only have one chance to see it and then it's gone. One night only.”

Should Done Night Chance Gone Theater One Night One Chance

Author:Amy Sedaris

“I guess because theater's so ephemeral and it's gone. You make this nightly contract with the audience and you redraw that contract for the next night, whereas film and television, it's forever. I suppose it's always about adopting personas, never about being yourself. I think they call it a "shy man's revenge."”

Thinking Men Film Night Next Audience Gone Forever Television Theater Revenge Being Yourself Shy Contracts Persona Ephemeral Adopting Film And Television

Author:Cillian Murphy

“Danced healing rituals (in African village compounds, temple courtyards, dance-therapy studios, public theaters, and other social settings) reinvoke old traumas for exorcism and the transformation of fear, convince people that evil is gone or possible to dissipate, and reaffirm communal solidarity and a sense of well-being.”

Source: Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress

“It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester [New York], right where I grew up. I actually went back there a couple years ago when I was on tour for Kroll Show. I performed at that theater, which was really cool to go back to the first place I'd gone to a concert.”

Years Firsts Shows Gone New York Grew Couple Band Grew Up Years Ago Theater Theatre Eras Concerts Jam Really Cool Port Capitol

Author:Nick Kroll

“I wasn't even in a theater because I guess nobody believed in me, so I was in the hallway of a theater on a platform that they would move so the main stage show could go on at eight o'clock and I'd be gone.”

Shows Moving Gone Stage Goes On Theater Eight Clock Platforms Hallways

Author:John Leguizamo

“Theater doesn't bring money in general. That's not why you do it. If you go into theater for money then you've really gone into the wrong business.”

Ifs Gone Theater

Author:Audra McDonald

“When your dawn theater sounds to clear your sinuses: don't delay. Jump. Those voices may be gone before you hit the shower to align your wits. Speed is everything. The 90-mph dash to your machine is a sure cure for life rampant and death most real. Make haste to live. Oh, God, yes. Live. And write. With great haste.”

Writing May Real Sound Voice Gone Clear Machines Theater Speed Wit Cures Dawn Showers Delay Haste Mph Sinuses

Author:Ray Bradbury

“I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.”

Ifs Care Film Roles Gone Television Theater Don't Care I Don't Care

Author:Kristen Johnston

“The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from a different generation.”

Different Mother Actors Bits Gone Generations Gay Theater Taboo Different Generations

Author:Dean Cain