“When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it.” WayNextWalksHalfWatchesTheaterNext DayMovie TheaterHalf Way Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“Steven Spielberg is going to release a biopic about Abraham Lincoln next year. Right, that's a good way to honor Lincoln by sending people to the theater.” PeopleWayYearsFunnyNextHonorTheaterReleaseNext YearAbrahamGood Way Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I have never written a musical. I have never written a weird, interactive piece of theater. I wanted to do something that would be disturbing. It will be disturbing theater with songs. There will be no people on wires. That's probably the next one of those things on my bucket list of things that I need to write before I get hit by that car.” PeopleNeedsWritingWould BeWantedSongNextPiecesWrittenCarTheaterMusicalListsWireDisturbingBucketsThe Next OneInteractiveBucket List Author:Neil Gaiman
“When people go to the theater, people say they want something different, but what they really want is something the same with slight permutations. To really not know what is going to happen next is a hard thing.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentHardHappensNextTheaterWant SomethingHard Things Author:James Gunn
“So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before.” DonePlayWould BeSongNextCareersTheaterMusicalBrandsBrand NewProfessional CareerPantomimeIbsen Author:Trevor Nunn
“Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.” YearsUseNextActorsHundredYears AgoTheaterBrothelsUse To Be Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.” PeopleMomentsFormCertainNextLaughingComedyCryExpressionTheaterCombinationMaking People LaughCombiningAstounded Author:Aleksey Igudesman
“As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in nature; but whether in theater or on a film set, a bad unprofessional photograph at the wrong angle may not be as flattering to some actors, and may be considered a harmful exposure.” NeedsMaySeemsFilmNextActorsRolesMediaRelationTheaterPhotographCampaignsAngleExposurePromotingFlatteringPublic RelationsFilm Set Author:Carson Grant
“Theater is a very changeable art. It responds to the moment in history the way the newspaper does, and there's no predicting what to come up with next.” WayDoeArtMomentsNextTheaterCome UpNewspapersPredicting Author:Arthur Miller
“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
“If what I think is God should come down today and says "I'm God, or the thing you call God, and you're never going to do any more movies. You're never going to do television. You're never going to do theater again in your life," I would just say "What are we doing? What is the next step?" That's how I try to approach it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingTodayNextStepsTelevisionApproachTheaterNext Steps Author:Peter Stormare
“You do need an outlet to release all of those fears. You build it up and then, when you go to a movie theater, it's the last place that it's socially acceptable to be terrified. It's saying that, for the next 90 minutes, you're allowed to be afraid and you're not a coward for feeling that way.” WayNeedsFeelingsLastsNextMinutesTheaterReleaseCowardAcceptableTerrifiedOutletsMovie TheaterLast Place Author:Eli Roth
“While directing in theater that the actors will - I don't know if it's competitiveness or what it is, but they love to make each other laugh. They love to impress each other in rehearsal. They'll try something for a reaction. But in film, you're very often not all together in the room at the same time. You're shooting one day, somebody else is shooting the next. It's a totally different dynamic.” IfsKnowsTryingDifferentTogetherFilmNextActorsRoomsLaughingOne DayTheaterReactionsShootingImpressRehearsalCompetitiveness Author:Israel Horovitz
“You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project. That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there?” KnowsKindEndsReasonHandsBigsNightNextChanceActingBehindsWatchesRegretProjectsTheaterScreensHopefullyDevelopingDamageNo ReasonDisappointedEvery NightBig Screen Author:Cate Blanchett
“After Peepshow, I really dont know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I think I could do that forever.” ThinkingKnowsNextForeverProjectsTheater Author:Coco Austin
“My first memoir, 'Home,' was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater, i am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of.” LifeYearsFirstsBookHomeNextWonderfulGroupsShareChildhoodTelevisionTrainingProgramHollywoodTheaterMemoirPhasesGood FriendArrivalsFormative Years Author:Julie Andrews
“I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts.” YearsWellsUsedArtistNightNextIndividualComedyGreaterGroupsTelevisionGrewDramaCreatingGrew UpTheaterContributionOne NightGood RelationshipCreating Something Author:Howard Shore
“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."” ThinkingMenFilmNightNextAudienceGoneForeverTelevisionTheaterRevengeBeing YourselfShyContractsPersonaEphemeralAdoptingFilm And Television Author:Cillian Murphy
“As soon as I leave the world [of the show], I want to turn around and come back. That's how real it is. As soon as I leave the theater I want to wake up and come back the next day and do it all over again. It's that much fun.” WorldWantRealShowsTurnsNextFunWake UpTheaterNext Day Author:Victoria Clark
“Then you have these people in the movie theaters that talk the whole time during the movie. You ever go with somebody like that to a movie but you don't realize until you get there that you're with somebody like that? Brand new movie. First day it's open. You're there together and the entire time they're sitting there: Where's she going? Why'd he do that? Is he mad at her? I don't know, let's watch and find out together shall we? You know who you are. You're denying it right now: I do not do that. Why is she saying that?. What's she gonna say next?” PeopleKnowsFirstsWholeTogetherNextRealizingWatchesRight NowSittingTheaterMadWho You AreBrandsBrand NewMovie Theater Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Honestly I'm excited about the possibilities of what comes next, and the funny thing is, that is sort of what "Star Wars" is kind of about. I mean, I remember being 10 years old and seeing that movie and leaving the theater and feeling like, oh, my God, anything is possible. And I feel like anything is possible right now. I don't know what's next, but I look forward to it.” KnowsFeelsYearsLooksKindMeanWarFeelingsRememberNextStarsSeeingPossibilityRight NowTheaterLeavingExcitedHonestlyFunny ThingsAnything Is Possible Author:J. J. Abrams
“We used to rehearse and that's where the roots of Dream Theater formed. Y'know, we used to play cover songs and jam to [Iron] Maiden and stuff but we were writing songs and it was this metal, loud style and we'd constantly get knocks on our door, because the rehearsal rooms were right next door to each other, and these jazz guys would be like, "Can you guys turn it down a little?"” KnowsWritingLittlesPlayDreamWould BeUsedGuySongTurnsNextStuffRoomsDoorsStyleRootsTheaterJazzLoudIronMetalsRehearsalJamWriting SongsMaidensIron MaidenCover SongsDream Theater Author:John Petrucci
“I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the theater one is self-conscious enough without planning ahead or wondering about the thematic relation from one play to the next. One hopes that one is developing, and writing interestingly, and that's where it should end, I think.” ThinkingShouldWritingEndsSelfEnoughPlayNextPayAttentionWonderDangerousConsciousRelationTheaterPlanningDevelopingRelateSelf ConsciousThe Next OneThematicPlanning Ahead Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time.” PeopleWholeGuyNextTalkingTheater Author:Norm MacDonald
“So it was a really pleasant surprise when [Independence Day] turned out to be a successful film. I don't know if you've heard that they're going to be re-releasing it next Fourth of July in 3-D. I've actually only seen it once, and it was in Hawaii, in a little theater in Oahu shortly after it was released. But Roland Emmerich is a really smart guy, and he makes really fun movies to watch.” IfsKnowsLittlesFilmGuyNextFunWatchesSuccessfulHeardSmartTheaterIndependenceSurprisePleasantFourthHawaiiJulyIndependence DayReally SmartSmart GuyPleasant SurprisesFun Movie Author:Brent Spiner
“I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not mix CDs - mix tapes were an important part of the friendship and mating rituals of New York adolescents. If you were a girl and I wanted you - to show you I like you, I would make you a 90-minute cassette wherein I would show off my tastes. I would play you a musical theater song next to a hip-hop song next to an oldie next to some pop song you maybe never heard, also subliminally telling you how much I like you with all these songs.” IfsImportantPlayShowsWantedSongGirlNextGrowingHeardMinutesNew YorkLike YouGrewTasteGrew UpTheaterMusicalHip HopPopsHipsHopsRitualTapeCdsShowing OffI Like YouPop SongMatingMusical TheaterCassettesHip Hop Song Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“If a scene is three pages long, quite often people break it up and do a page, say 'cut' then move on to the next bit, they do it in cuts. I don't really like doing that; I like to go through it all in one organic run, then give notes afterward. A little bit more like theater.” PeopleIfsGivingLittlesLongRunningMovingThreeNextBitsBreakCuttingSceneLittle BitPagesTheaterNotes Author:James McAvoy
“The hope is they would like to bring it to Broadway next year, so we'll see that's to come in the end of the finance year and everybody else and also real estate and what theaters are available at the time but I would like to come back with it.” YearsRealEndsNextTheaterAvailableFinanceEstatesBroadwayNext Year Author:Blair Underwood
“...It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.” IfsMovingNextBehindsTheaterCurtains Book:Les Misérables Source: Les Misérables
“And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusty reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened and he entered. The next performance in the theater of Grenouille's soul was beginning.” HeartSoulEyeNextDarkDoorsSolitudeReflectionPerformancesTheaterHis EyesGrenouille Author:Patrick Süskind