“In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.” IntegrityLimitsTheaterProducersArtisticFortunateArtistic Integrity Author:Trevor Nunn
“One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people about my dad. He really was an important man. He was a kind of pioneer of regional theater. He was the first American producer to ever produce all of Shakespeare plays.” PeopleMenGivingFirstsKindImportantBookPlayShowsPleasureProduceDadGive MeTheaterMy DadProducersSoloPioneersShakespeare Play Author:John Lithgow
“Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.” ActorsVoiceClassAudienceCreativeComedyFrontsComfortablePerformancesTheaterBackgroundsProducersFearlessPerformingCompetentHandyStand Up ComedySelf ConfidentLive PerformanceLive TheaterPerforming Live Author:Rob Paulsen
“People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats in the theaters have been made to transform people's minds to lazy minds.” PeopleMindHas BeensMadeUnderstandingInterestDirectorsDecidedTheaterCuriosityProducersCinemaSeatsLazyPeers Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“The C+ amps is vintage at this point, and it definitely has a certain sound to it. I wanted something that was going to keep Dream Theater in more of a current musical landscape, as far as being the producer and producing the type of album I wanted to hear.” DreamWantedCertainSoundTypeTheaterMusicalCurrentsAlbumsProducersLandscapeVintageDream Theater Author:John Petrucci
“I think somewhere in the '90s, it started to shift, and you started to see a lot of film and television actors doing theater, and producers using the notoriety of the film and television actors to sell tickets.” ThinkingFilmActorsTelevisionTheaterSellsProducersTicketsNotorietyFilm And Television Author:Zachary Quinto
“I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced all of Shakespeare's plays, mostly in Shakespeare festivals in Ohio. One of them, the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, is still going. So I grew up not wanting to be an actor, not wanting to go into the family business.” StillsPlayActorsFatherGrewGrew UpTheaterProducersLakesFestivalsOhioClevelandGreat LakesShakespeare's PlaysTheater Family Author:John Lithgow
“Wray Nerely, the character in Con Man, he actually had a role in Rogue One, but he got cut. It sucked. John Swartz, the producer, is a big fan of Con Man. I even got to screen Con Man while we were shooting Star Wars. They had a theater there, and they let me screen one of the little 10-minute episodes for everyone. What sucked was I had to follow Star Wars.” MenLittlesWarCharacterBigsStarsRolesCuttingFansMinutesLet MeTheaterScreensProducersShootingEpisodesRoguesShooting Star Author:Alan Tudyk
“My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren't looking for me to do their aesthetic. I'd already spent 20 years in the theater, so if they were going to hire me, they'd be hiring me for what I have to offer.” IfsYearsWonderfulMetsOffersTheaterProducersAestheticHiring Author:Julie Taymor
“I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and admirable characters there would be quite a lot of shock value in seeing me play something altogether different. But I prefer upbeat stories that send people out of the theater feeling better than they did coming in. It's my cup of tea.” PeopleThinkingLongDifferentPlayCharacterStoriesFeelingsWould BeValuesFeltSeeingTheaterSeriesNobleProducersCupsTeaShockFeel BetterAdmirableCups Of TeaManiacsUpbeatHomicidalShock Value Author:Greer Garson