“In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But you can be acting your socks off on film, and then you see the movie, and the camera is on the other actor, or they've cut out the lines you thought were significant, or they've adjusted the plot. So much of it is out of your control.” KnowsFilmActorsLinesActingAudienceCuttingSeeingTheaterCamerasSignificantPlotSock Author:Susan Sarandon
“In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just mentioned and others as an interlocked whole.” WholeFictionEconomicsTheaterHarmPlotPrematureDisclosure Book:the new industrial state Source: the new industrial state
“My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and a film comes on the screen that you don't know everything about, and you don't know every plot turn and every character movement that's going to happen.” KnowsCharacterLightHappensFilmTurnsMovementSittingTheaterDown AndScreensPlotEnjoyableMovie Theater Author:Christopher Nolan
“Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could be giving you different views of the character; the emotional highlights of a moment.” GivingWritingDifferentWholeMomentsCharacterViewsResponsibilityEmotionalTheaterFishesPlotHighlightsDifferent Views Author:Frank Wildhorn
“In musical theater, if you have a song, it has to advance the plot. If you have a song in a musical and it does not advance the plot, it gets dropped.” IfsDoeSongTheaterMusicalPlotMusical Theater Author:Eli Roth
“I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.” CharacterStoriesGivenLinesJourneyTheaterMusicalI've LearnedPlotGestures Author:Trey Anastasio