“Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that's what matters in the theater I'm attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope?” BelieveMatterFactsAsksI BelieveAnswersPossibilityTheaterDareCoreRedemptionWhat Matters Author:Joe Mantello
“The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all the time is, what's the difference between theater and film, and one of the biggest differences is, in the theater you always get another go.” PeopleMatterFilmAsksDifferencesTheaterAsk MeBeastImperfect Author:Stephen Daldry
“The theater itself is so archaic and old fashioned, that it doesn't really matter to me whether it's on Avenue D or at the Helen Hayes Theater. What's the difference? It's still a very nostalgic form. Also, it means you're knowingly walking into a room where there's actors. I feel it's very embarrassing. Because, you know, they're right there. You always think like, they can see you, and I think it's mortifying, frankly, and I hate to sit near the front, where you feel they actually might see you. It's too ... it's too live.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMeanStillsMatterMightFormHateActorsDifferencesRoomsFrontsWalkingI HateTheaterEmbarrassingOld FashionedAvenuesNostalgicHelen Author:Fran Lebowitz
“My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. You know, musicians need it, comedians definitely need it. It doesn't matter what size and what club, whether it's 30 people in the club or 2,000 in a hall or a theater. It's live, it's symbiotic, you need it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsMatterActorsEnergyMusicianPerformancesTheaterSizeClubsComedianHallsPreferenceFeedbackLive PerformanceLive Theater Author:Robin Williams
“Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.” WayMadeMatterFilmDoubtFindingsTheaterNo Doubt Author:Kevin Spacey
“In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.” MindMatterFactsFoundForgetAudienceTroubleEasierLaughterPerformancesTheaterCustomersTheatreReactionsEveningForget ItMatter Of FactHanging OnFrame Of Mind Author:Beatrice Lillie
“I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.” MatterPlayTeachPerformancesTragedyTheaterNo Matter WhatGreekGraduatesTechnologicalObsoleteSeminarsGreek Tragedy Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that share similar passions to you, so it didn't matter how much melanin was in their skin.” PeopleThinkingMatterReasonPassionGroupsShareSkinsTheaterMulticulturalMelanin Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great place to go, great location, great hang, great date, good place to be with friends. But as an actor who works hard at making movies, I am glad that no matter what people can see your movie on. It's hard to keep a theater for long time; there are so many movies, so when you leave a theater, you're just glad there's a life for your movie.” PeopleWantLongMatterHardActorsHard WorkLong TimeTheaterTownsNo Matter WhatGladGoing AwayLocationGood PlacePlaces To GoMovie Theater Author:Adam Sandler
“Always continue to perform no matter what or where the activity is: local theater, regional theater, local clubs or coffee shops. Continue to play the guitar or your instrument and always continue to progress or otherwise you will fail.” MatterPlayProgressFailingActivityTheaterNo Matter WhatInstrumentsGuitarClubsCoffeeLocalsShopsCoffee Shop Author:Tony Vincent
“When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.” WantWritingMatterCharacterFilmTheaterRealistic Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Like the theater, offering food and hospitality to people is a matter of showmanship, and no matter how simple the performance, unless you do it well, with love and originality, you have a flop on your hands.” PeopleWellsMatterHandsSimplePerformancesTheaterOriginalityOfferingHospitalityShowmanship Book:Delights and Prejudices Source: Delights and Prejudices
“At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.” PeoplePersonsSaidMatterBlackWhiteTheaterParisOne TimeReadinessBlack WhiteRueMedina Author:Maya Angelou
“I write for a radio show that, no matter what, will go on the air Saturday at five o'clock central time. You learn to write toward that deadline, to let the adrenaline pick you up on Friday morning and carry you through, to cook up a monologue about Lake Wobegon and get to the theater on time.” WritingMatterShowsMorningFiveAirGoes OnPicksTheaterNo Matter WhatRadioCooksClockLakesSaturdayFridayDeadlineAdrenalineMonologuesLake WobegonFriday Morning Author:Garrison Keillor
“Now, as far as monitoring is concerned, what my point is, we need to make sure that any place - I don't care whether it's a mosque, a school, a supermarket, a theater, you know it doesn't matter. If there are a lot of people getting there and engaging in radicalizing activities then we need to be suspicious of it.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsMatterCareSchoolActivityConcernedTheaterDon't CareI Don't CareEngagingSuspiciousSupermarketsMosquesMonitoring Author:Benjamin Carson
“No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.” WayWantWritingArtStillsMatterActingClassDesignDirectorsMajorsTheaterNo Matter WhatSceneryFreshmanActing ClassesUcla Author:Carol Burnett
“There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.” MatterPlayStageTheaterNo Matter WhatCinemaTheatricalStage Play Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.” IfsBelieveMatterHelpingProblemI BelieveStuffCommunicationDisciplineTheaterNo Matter WhatProblem SolvingBasics Author:Laura Linney
“My mother's a genius. She just kept feeding me art on whatever we had; paper plates, silver platter, didn't matter. You know, she just kept feeding it to me. So we went to see all kinds of theater. We would go to the art museum pretty much every Sunday, and I would watch her. She let me know that art was supposed to touch.” KnowsKindArtMatterMotherWatchesGeniusPaperLet MeTheaterAll KindsSilverSundayMuseumsPlatesFeedingSilver Platter Author:Jill Scott
“Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?" "No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot better now that Apollo had worked some medical magic on him. "Rachel may use a guest room in the Big House for now, until we give the matter more thought." "I'm thinking a cave in the hills," Apollo mused. "With torches and a big purple curtain over the entrance . . . really mysterious. But inside, a totally decked-out pad with a game room and one of those home theater systems.” ThinkingGivingMayMatterUseHomeBigsGamesHouseRoomsMagicTheaterMedicalMysteriousHillsGuestsCavesCurtainsPurpleApolloTorchesEntrancesPadsOraclesAtticsBetter NowBig HousesRachel Elizabeth Dare Author:Rick Riordan
“Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.” WorldTryingLongMatterComedyThis WorldTelevisionTheaterGreat ThingsAfrican AmericanCinemaOrangeLatino Author:Sandra Bullock
“What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance.” MatterLightBeautifulStageTheaterDanceJewArmeniansBeautiful Images Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.” MatterBigsStarsTheaterProductionsCoffeeCraftsTeaChairsCarrieMilkSugarAssistants Author:Rosie Perez
“Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can take place.” MatterGamesProcessSubjectsFieldsCommunicationDisciplineTransformationTheaterParticipationSubject Matter Author:Viola Spolin