“I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.” CharacterFilmFacesChoicesInterestingCuttingProjectsMajorsTheaterFlagsDollsAmerican Flag Author:Amanda Plummer
“My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.” CharacterHappensChoicesActorsLevelsRolesWonderfulTvsProjectsTheaterSeriesFinancialObviousConsistentPaychecksTv Series Author:Jim Parsons
“At the moment, my trajectory isn't to think about acting. I'm absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. And watching and enabling other actors do their thing in our studio is hugely rewarding. I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.” ThinkingWantYearsDoneMomentsActorsActingStageProjectsTheaterStudiosDevotedEnablingTrajectory Author:Andy Serkis
“With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'” ThinkingFilmSawsProjectsTheaterWowViewersStreamingNetflix Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King Lear, Hamlet, and all of those great roles. So all you do is you dive into these unchallenged roles and see how far you can get, what kind of accolades you can get, and how good you can be in them. In movie roles, you can actually improve them by knowing a lot about your own stage technique, which helps a great deal in the cinema and how you can project inner humor even though the particular dialogue is not necessarily funny, but you can infuse it with humor.” KnowsKindHelpingLiteratureDealsRolesKnowingWrittenStageParticularMastersKingsProjectsTheaterTechniqueDialogueCinemaLearAccolades Author:Christopher Plummer
“Traditionally, digital projects, when you project them, they get really washed out. It's complicated stuff with gamma, but basically your blacks get very milky and the colors get very weak, and we made so many different versions of it to just pump more color into it, so it would look just as good in the theater as it does on your screen at home. And color was my constant whine. It needed to be very oversaturated.” LooksDoeMadeDifferentHomeStuffColorNeededProjectsWeakTheaterConstantComplicatedScreensVersionsDigitalGet RealPumps Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project. That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there?” KnowsKindEndsReasonHandsBigsNightNextChanceActingBehindsWatchesRegretProjectsTheaterScreensHopefullyDevelopingDamageNo ReasonDisappointedEvery NightBig Screen Author:Cate Blanchett
“During the Second World War, nobody built any concert halls or theaters. After the war, Lincoln Center was a very brave project because all those architects had never built a theater before. We've learned a lot since then about the nature of materials and the isolation that's required.” WorldWarMaterialsProjectsBuiltTheaterBraveWar Of The WorldsIsolationHallsConcertsArchitectSecond World WarLincoln Center Author:Hugh Hardy
“After Peepshow, I really dont know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I think I could do that forever.” ThinkingKnowsNextForeverProjectsTheater Author:Coco Austin
“One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play by Évelyne de la Chenelière. I was touched by the character. I thought it was a rich character that could be rich enough for a movie.” EnoughPlayCharacterNightRichParticularProjectsTheaterTouchedScouting Author:Philippe Falardeau
“The thing I learned is that the work is getting done by people who dig in and work on a particular project: the people who spend 20 years sustaining a theater for black teenagers in Chicago; the people who reintroduce sticklebacks into Strawberry Creek in Berkeley and then wait patiently for the first egrets to show up.” PeopleYearsFirstsDoneShowsWaitingBlackParticularProjectsTheaterTeenagerChicagoSustainingStrawberriesCreeksBerkeley Author:Robert Hass
“The director, Moisés Kaufman, just received the national medal of the arts from President [Barack] Obama . He wrote and directed The Laramie Project and he has directed several Pulitzer prize-winning plays. He's a pretty profound director in the theater.” ArtPlayWinningPresidentDirectorsProjectsTheaterProfoundBarackPrizeMedalPresident Barack ObamaPrize Winning Author:Patrick Heusinger
“I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.” WantArtDifferentSchoolFilmTelevisionProjectsTheaterPerformersArt SchoolLive Theater Author:Derek Hough
“I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.” FirstsPlayProjectsConceptsTheaterMusicalMia Author:Tatyana Ali
“As an actor, you generally don’t get to choose what projects you are part of, so I’ve been very fortunate that The Book of Mormon was something I got to be part of. I don’t want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical theater, so that was really thrilling to be part of.” WayWantBookActorsProjectsTheaterMusicalFortunateThrillingLoftyMusical TheaterGroundbreaking Author:Andrew Rannells