“[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.” WayNeedsHas BeensPlayNightActorsAudienceFrontsNeededInvolvedEssentialsSittingTheaterOpeningTonightDeniedEquipmentHandicappedOpening Night Author:Hallie Flanagan
“I found that the majority of people who stopped at my table [ at the Comic Con] last didn't even know who Winnie the Pooh was, and the new feature was just opening in the theaters.” PeopleKnowsLastsFoundTheaterTablesMajorityOpeningComicFeaturesComic Con Author:Mike Royer
“Don't be late to the theater. The opening scene is a goody.” SceneLateTheaterOpening Author:Sharon Stone
“I find that with fantasy, you lose yourself in it a lot. It's great to be able to go into a dark theater or turn off the lights in your house and just get sucked into this world. I remember watching Star Wars when I was a little kid when they did the re-release of all the originals. I couldn't even read yet but my uncle took me and he would read me the opening as the words were coming up on the screen. I just remember being so sucked into that and thinking, "I want to be Luke Skywalker."” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesWarLightKidsAbleRememberTurnsHouseStarsLosesDarkFantasyThis WorldTheaterOriginalsScreensOpeningReleaseUnclesLittle KidLukeTurn OffLosing Yourself Author:Austin Butler
“We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.” PeopleWarStarsGroupsCoupleTheaterExpectedReactionsOpeningWeekend Author:J. J. Abrams
“Theater is all about the rehearsal process. In fact, I think a lot of times opening night there's a mixed sadness because you're finished with a lot of people's favorite part of the process, which is finding the character and discovering it, and then you get to live it.” PeopleThinkingCharacterFactsNightProcessSadnessFindingsTheaterFinishedOpeningDiscoveringRehearsalOpening Night Author:Debra Winger
“It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens.” WarStarsTheaterScreensOpeningOpening Up Author:George Lucas