“Human beings are like detectives. They love a mystery. They love going where the mystery pulls them. What we don't like is a mystery that's solved completely. It's a letdown. It always seems less than what we imagined when the mystery was present. The last scene in `Blow Up' is so perfect because you leave the theater still dreaming. Or the end of `Chinatown,' where the guy says `Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' It explains so much but it only gives you a dream of a bigger mystery. Like life. For me, I want to solve certain things but leave some room to dream.” WantGivingHumansStillsEndsDreamSeemsLastsGuyCertainHuman BeingsPerfectForgetRoomsMysterySceneBiggerTheaterBlowSolveForget ItDetectivesJakeLetdownsChinatown Author:David
“I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of Thrones' is a perfect example of that, or even a show like 'The Wire,' which isn't all about instant gratification it's about inviting someone into the long experience of television the way you'd be invited into a theater for two hours. So I think in that way, and the quality of writing in television is probably much better than most film writing.” ThinkingWayWritingLongTwoShowsFilmMovingGamesHoursPerfectQualityExampleTelevisionExpectationsTheaterInstantProportionThronesInvitedGratificationInvitingCinematicInstant GratificationFilm Writing Author:Bryan Singer
“In Milly Barranger, Margaret Webster has found the perfect biographer. In Margaret Webster, Milly Barranger has found her perfect subject. She brings to vivid life a fascinating and important theater figure whose public and private lives were of equal interest. In this carefully researched book, Webster's colleagues, lovers, and friends shine as brightly as she did. I wish she were here to read it.” ImportantBookFoundWishInterestPerfectSubjectsFiguresLoversEqualTheaterShiningFascinatingColleaguesVividPrivate LifeBiographersLovers And Friends Author:Marian Seldes
“One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I feel I'm looking for characters. If the characters come from Bollywood, fine. If they come from Indian theater, perfect.” IfsFeelsWholeCharacterFilmActorsProcessPerfectFineTheaterIndianCastingBollywood Author:Deepa Mehta
“Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique without much artistry can still dazzle us in the manner of the circus or sports arena translated to a higher plane. Though the perfect blend of the two elements is the consummation devoutly to be wished, the real enemy of good ballet is not the slight preponderance of one or the other but the prevalence of pantomime--the turning of dance into second-rate theater.” StillsTwoRealStrongSportsPerfectEnemyHigherElementsTheaterRateTechniquePlanesBalletArenaCircusArtistryDazzleSecond RatePantomime Author:John Simon
“The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me” NightPerfectWeekDisciplineTheaterEightCeasePerfect ThingsLive Theater Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.” SaidBookPlayNamesPerfectSawsPaperTheaterLocalsAuditionsNestsFlewEscapingMovie TheaterCuckoosOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Author:Ed O'Neill
“I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me.” WayNightPerfectTheaterTheatreGesturesRepetitionDisgustedCapriceNausea Book:My Life (Revised and Updated) Source: My Life (Revised and Updated)
“I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I could be Supergirl on Broadway That would be perfect.” ThinkingWould BePerfectNumbersTheaterBroadwaySupergirl Author:Adrianne Palicki