“The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you're going in every day. You have to have lots of run-throughs with theater because there are no second takes in front of a live audience.” LongRunningAudienceStageFrontsMonthsPeriodsTheaterGreat ThingsRehearsal Author:Sanaa Lathan
“In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.” DecisionPeriodsTheaterListsBossPlaywright Author:Tracy Letts
“There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.” PeoplePlayPeriodsTheaterIndication Book:The Roman Way to Western Civilization Source: The Roman Way to Western Civilization
“I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.” FunStuffTermPeriodsTheaterFactorsImaginativeWhimsicalFrame Of Reference Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“The smaller films just take a longer period of time to build their fan base because people don't see them as soon as they come out in the theater. They see them, after a period of years.” PeopleYearsFilmFansPeriodsTheater Author:Stanley Tucci
“Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters.” ThinkingMindDifferentCharacterFilmFormDifferencesActingTvsTypeDisciplinePeriodsDramaTheaterIndependentSizeStudiosActiveContemporaryGenreIndependent Film Author:Luke Evans
“In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanImportantActorsTermPiecesStageDangerousReturnPeriodsTheater Author:Cillian Murphy
“I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though.” PeopleDifferentYoungEnjoyPeriodsExcitingTheaterCinemaBack To WorkMovie TheaterGoing Back To Work Author:Joan Chen
“It is the destiny of the theater nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing.” DestinyStrugglePeriodsTheaterFlourishing Author:Hyman Taubman
“The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.” MayArtTogetherCultureForceEconomyEconomicPeriodsDespairHighestStandardsDifficultyTheaterIndependentCrisisTheatreArtisticLiftsLeagueOur TimeTrendsMaintainingProsperousTheatricalVigorComing TogetherEconomic Crisis Author:Judith Malina