“My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness.” PiecesTheaterClosenessEnsemble Author:Faith Prince
“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 you're writing for theater or TV, it's open-ended in scope. You can write 10 separate pieces that are really effective but have no place on a rock record or whatever.” WritingRecordsPiecesRocksTvsTheaterScope Author:John Parish
“since piety has become the fashion at Court, dramatic authors imagine that their pieces would be more welcome if they added in a little devotion. At first their plan succeeded, but now no one can bear their comedies.” IfsFirstsLittlesWould BeComedyPiecesImaginePlansFashionBearsTheaterCourtDevotionWelcomeDramaticImagine ThatPiety Author:Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans
“For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to the theater of life.” ArtPiecesWallTheaterAbstractInterpretationPassagesCanvasPassage Of Time Author:Jose Parla
“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
“Living in New York, I get excited by the idea of working in a different medium. And it's pretty frightening because whatever skills it takes to make a good piece of theater seem mysterious to me right now.” IdeasDifferentSeemsPiecesNew YorkSkillsTheaterExcitedMediumsMysteriousFrightening Author:Cary Fukunaga
“In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.” WantWorryAudiencePiecesTheaterProfit Author:Stephen Sondheim
“In my theater pieces, I would do "Tits on the Head" - Polaroid photos for $10 on the stage. There would be a line of folks paying me $10 for their turn. It was public prostitution. I turned my whole audience into johns. But because it was in a theater context, an art context, it was socially acceptable.” ArtWholeWould BeTurnsLinesAudiencePiecesStageTheaterFolksAcceptableProstitutionPolaroids Author:Annie Sprinkle
“Theater for me is terrifying but much more rewarding, because you know what they're seeing. Film is all little bits and pieces. And you can do an amazing job, but if the camera isn't getting it, it doesn't work. And then other times when you feel you really weren't present, and then you see it and somehow it works. So there's a mystery, there's a strange collaboration that takes place with everybody.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesJobsFilmBitsCan DoPiecesSeeingMysteryStrangeLittle BitTheaterCamerasCollaborationBits And PiecesAmazing Job Author:Susan Sarandon
“My return to the theater in New York was so specific. I didn't want it to be about leveraging my exposure or my fame, so the first show I did in New York was an ensemble piece at an Off-Broadway theater, and I wanted to make sure that it was just about the play and about the experience.” WantFirstsPlayShowsWantedPiecesNew YorkReturnFameTheaterBroadwayExposureEnsemble Author:Zachary Quinto
“I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have an approach that was different from what they were doing. "How can I move people and really get them to dream with a card trick, with coin magic, or even a piece of stage magic?"” PeopleDifferentDreamMovingViewsPiecesMagicStageApproachTheaterPoint Of ViewTricksStorytellingCardsCoinsCard Tricks Author:David Copperfield
“I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform them. And then somehow I got started on it. I love doing it, but I have to ration myself very severely or I wouldn't get anything else done.” WritingLittlesDoneAgeWantedSchoolPiecesTheaterConductingRations Author:George Benjamin
“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.” WorldBookFilmActorsDifferencesPiecesTheaterAgentsChanging The WorldMaking A DifferenceSnapeStage Actors Author:Alan Rickman