“But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a young person's game. It requires energy, mentally and physically, to do it.” KnowsPersonsSaidYoungGamesEnergyParticularTheaterMusicalMusical Theater Author:Elaine Paige
“I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.” SaidPlayTheaterSeagull Author:Carey Mulligan
“The Coen brothers said something that helped me, "When you put the book down, you have a certain feeling, a certain understanding. That's what they need to feel when they walk out of the theater. That's your job, to literally put this book on film, you won't make a good movie, you'll do no service to anyone.” NeedsFeelsSaidBookFeelingsJobsFilmCertainUnderstandingWalksBrotherTheaterGood MovieCoen Brothers Author:Angelina Jolie
“But Hitler didn't strive for the annihilation of the Jews - he stressed that fact in public life and in the newspapers. Hitler merely said at the beginning that Jewish influence was too great, that of all the lawyers in Berlin, eighty percent were Jewish. Hitler thought that a small percentage of the people, the Jews, should not be allowed to control the theater, cinema, radio, et cetera.” PeopleShouldSaidFactsInfluencePercentTheaterStriveRadioJewLawyerNewspapersCinemaEightyPercentagesStressedBerlinPublic LifeAnnihilation Author:Franz von Papen
“Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as a character actor because he was a character actor because of his face from day one, so he would always work in the theater.” IfsMadeSaidStillsCharacterFilmFacesActorsStarsTheaterMade ItOne TimeCharacter ActorsFilm Stars Author:Denis Leary
“Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.'” MenSaidLeaderTheaterStrategyClintonMusicalDefeatEngagedCastingSpidersLead InSpider Man Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw something that I did, in youth theater or some small play somewhere, and said, "You're good."” PeopleKnowsSaidTwoReasonPlayFactsThreeActorsSawsYouthTheater Author:David Oyelowo
“I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my family. They tried to shield me, just as other parents in my neighborhood tried to shield their children. But you knew there was a reason that you couldn't go to that theme park or to a movie theater or to a hamburger stand. They couldn't shield you completely. What they did though was they never let it be an excuse for not achieving, and they always said racism is somebody else's problem, not yours. They tried in that way not to make us bitter about Birmingham.” WayFirstsChildrenSaidReasonProblemParentClassMiddleAchieveGrewGrew UpRacismMy FamilyTheaterExcuseBitterParksThemeMiddle ClassNeighborhoodShieldsEducatorHamburgersMovie TheaterBirminghamPhdsMiddle Class FamilyTheme Parks Author:Condoleezza Rice
“At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.” PeoplePersonsSaidMatterBlackWhiteTheaterParisOne TimeReadinessBlack WhiteRueMedina Author:Maya Angelou
“Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking for is exactly the same thing you've done in your documentaries, which is moments of emotional truth.” SaidDoneMomentsEmotionalDirectorsTheaterBritishGreat MenMentorDocumentaries Author:Susanna White
“The only thing that really inspired me for singing was the movie and musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' I went to see it in the theaters, and I loved it so much. And when I got home, I started singing the songs around the house, and my mom thought I was really good, so she asked me if I wanted to do a talent competition. And I said, 'Yes, definitely.'” IfsSaidHomeWantedSongHouseTalentMomSingingTheaterCompetitionInspiredMusicalMy MomOperaPhantoms Author:Jackie Evancho
“I had done lots of theater and I really wanted to do screen work. I said to my agent, "Look, I really want to do screen work and I want to concentrate on that now" and he said, "Well, it's going to be tough for you."” WantWellsLooksSaidDoneWantedToughTheaterScreensAgents Author:Gwendoline Christie
“Literally, walking down that path. I was walking to work and I passed by A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco, and they had night education classes for adults. I said, "Yeah, why not?," and walked in, just for the fun of it, to see what it was like.” SaidNightFunClassPathWalkingAdultsTheaterYeahWhy NotSan FranciscoConservatory Author:Tim Kang
“I walked out of the theater and started crying. My wife asked me, 'Why are you crying?' I said, 'Because I can't do that.' I didn't know how he did it. I've never seen anything like that. It's like this feat, this Rodin sculpture to me. It's like hearing an opera singer and the tears go down your face because it's not human what they're doing. It's like sounds of heaven.” KnowsHumansSaidI CanFacesHeavenSoundKnow HowWifeCryTearsTheaterHearingMy WifeSingersYour FaceOperaSculptureBecause I CanFeatsOpera SingersRodin Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I met Peter Brook, the theater director, who's been based in Paris for many years at the Bouffes du Nord. I admire him tremendously. Some years ago, he was in New York, and he gave an interview with The Times, and what he said was this: "In my work, I try to capture the closeness of the everyday and the distance of myth. Because, without the closeness, you can't be moved, and without the distance, you can't be amazed." Isn't that extraordinary?” TryingYearsSaidNew YorkMetsDirectorsYears AgoTheaterMovedDistanceExtraordinaryEverydayMythAdmireParisInterviewsCapturePeterAmazedBrooksCloseness Author:Paul Auster
“I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I thought I would like to be an actor. I didn't have any idea what it was to be an actor. None. I'd wanted to be either an actor or a sculptor, which are both essentially the same thing. That's how it all started for me.” SaidIdeasWantedActorsDadTheaterMy DadSculptorsNova ScotiaNovas Author:Donald Sutherland
“I married him [Chris Sarandon] my senior year, and after I graduated, he went to the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, and I tagged along and was doing some local modeling and commercials and things like that. A woman named Jane Oliver, who handled Sylvester Stallone, saw Chris at the theater and asked him to come in and audition. We went in and auditioned - he needed someone to read with him. I read with him, and she said, "Well, why don't both of you come back in the fall."” YearsWellsLongSaidFallSawsHavensNeededMarriedTheaterTheatreLocalsSeniorAuditionsModelingJaneSenior YearTaggedNeeded Someone Author:Susan Sarandon
“I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.” SaidBookPlayNamesPerfectSawsPaperTheaterLocalsAuditionsNestsFlewEscapingMovie TheaterCuckoosOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Author:Ed O'Neill
“When I was 14, a lot of people said, "She's such a good actress, she loves theater, she looks like a woman, she should consider moving to L.A. and trying to do this professionally." My parents were hesitant, but they would take me.” PeopleShouldTryingLooksSaidMovingParentTheaterActressesTake MeHesitant Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“The biggest lesson we took was when Werner [Herzog] said in a meeting with us that the mother of all challenges is to get your film seen in theater. To finally share this film has been so gratifying. The way audiences have responded, too.” WayHas BeensSaidFilmMotherChallengesAudienceShareLessonsTheaterMeetings Author:Sam Pressman
“Once I was in Texas, where they had this thing called Ralph the Swimming Pig. You went into a theater and you were looking through a great big window at people dressed as mermaids swimming around with oxygen tanks. One of the mermaids had a bottle of milk, and a small Ralph the Swimming Pig dove in and swam over. Naturally, afterward, I said in the cafeteria, "What happens to the Ralphs when they get bigger? Would you serve Ralphs who have retired?" "Oh no! We would never do such a thing."” PeopleSaidBigsHappensWindowBiggerTheaterBottlesTexasSwimmingMilkPigsOxygenRetiredTanksDoveMermaidCafeteria Author:Margaret Atwood
“In Brazil, there is a fear and a denial of our past. Downtown Rio used to display the history of colonialism in Brazil. They had beautiful buildings and theaters, and there was a bakery that was threatened to be demolished, but people insisted against it. They laid down in front of it and said, "You're going to have to go over my body to destroy it." It frustrates me when I see people on Facebook posing in front of old buildings while on vacation, because they could've posed in front of equally beautiful buildings at home in Rio.” PeopleSaidHomeBodyPastBeautifulUsedFrontsBuildingTheaterDenialVacationDisplayColonialismOur PastThreatenedBrazilDowntownPosingRioOld BuildingsBakeries Author:Sonia Braga
“I met a bunch of people and they said, "We're gonna do a show [Second City]." So we would buy the theater out and do a show, and we did that for five years and we ended up becoming popular. It was before sketch comedy was hipster-time - when you would hand out a flier, people would roll their eyes. Now it's kind of cool.” PeopleYearsKindSaidShowsHandsEyeCitiesFiveComedyBecomingMetsTheaterBunchFive YearsThey SaidHipsterSketch ComedySecond City Author:Simon Helberg
“There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, "What was that, George, what were you doing?" And he said, "They were sleeping." You're always trying to catch them.” TryingSaidActorsSleepAirStageSummerTheaterParksAlways TryingVeniceMerchantsRobesGreat ActorsMerchant Of VeniceUp In The AirCentral ParkShylock Author:Al Pacino
“Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth." "But you are not a lady, Jessamine---," Charlotte began. "Dear me," said Will. "Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.” IfsDoeSaidMorningPaperNewsPagesTheaterDearBe GoodNewspapersHarshSnakesWill HerondaleDigestionFilthCharlotteClockwork AngelHarsh TruthDear Me Book:Clockwork Angel Source: Clockwork Angel
“I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater." "It would would be easier if you just said porn," Scarlett said. "No idea what you're talking about. But knock first if you need me.” IfsNeedsFirstsSaidImportantBookIdeasDoneWould BeTalkingEasierBedTheaterNo Idea Book:Suite Scarlett Source: Suite Scarlett
“The theater troubled her. It had a magic of its own, one that didn’t belong to her, one that wasn’t in her control. It changed the world, and said things were otherwise than they were. And it was worse than that. It was magic that didn’t belong to magical people. It was commanded by ordinary people, who didn’t know the rules. They altered the world because it sounded better.” PeopleKnowsWorldSaidMagicChangedOrdinaryTheaterOrdinary PeopleAltered Book:Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6) Source: Wyrd Sisters: (Discworld Novel 6)
“James Wilkie is so conscious of the time we spend together. I try to be home to tuck him in at least four nights a week, and if I'm not, he's not letting me get away with anything. The other night I was sitting with him on the steps before Matthew and I went out to the theater, and he looked at me and said, `Mama, this has got to stop. Go upstairs and take that dress off.'” IfsTryingSaidHomeTogetherMotherNightStepsFourWeekMomConsciousSittingTheaterDressesMotherhoodGet AwayMamaMatthewUpstairs Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“Almost said 'theater'! But I know the blacks don't go! Unless it's that My Arms Are Too Short To Box With God production. Or The Wiz.” KnowsSaidArmsTheaterProductionsBoxesToo ShortWiz Author:Jimmy Pardo
“Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth when he's performing, but when the show is over, he's sad and troubled. I wish he could live in the eternal present, because in the theater everything remains in memories and photographs. Literature, on the other hand, allows you to live in the present and to remain in the pantheon of the future. Literature is a way to say, I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, this is my name.” MenWaySaidShowsHandsEarthActorsFatherLiteratureNamesWishMemoriesEternalOvercomingTheaterRemainsPhotographBest WayPerformingLive In The PresentSignaturesPantheonHappiest Man Author:Ilan Stavans
“When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality.” ThinkingDoeSaidRealityKingsTheaterAbstractLionsLiteralLion King Author:Julie Taymor