“When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.” ThinkingThreeStarsSawsTheaterObsessedThree Times Author:Todd Phillips
“You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from Star Search or Survivor or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.” PeoplePlayKidsStarsTheaterComedianSurvivorStand Up Comedian Author:Steve Zahn
“In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies.” KnowsYearsKindSchoolStarsDarkTheaterScreensPrimariesAtmosphereUnclesMovie StarLightingPrimary School Author:Andrew Lau
“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
“A lot of stand-up specials for cable are meant to glorify the comedian. They put you in a really beautiful theater, and sometimes they even blow a little smoke in there to make it misty and sweet. They make the guy look like he's a big rock star. But comedy's not really glamorous. It doesn't enhance comedy for it to look good.” LooksLittlesSometimesBigsBeautifulGuyStarsComedyRocksSweetTheaterBlowSmokeComedianRock StarCablesGlamorousGlorifyReally BeautifulMisty Author:Louis C. K.
“Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter.” KindLittlesDoneActorsFatherStarsActingBoysHeardCollegeHugeAmountLaughterTheaterTeenagerFestivalsGangApplauseLittle BoysCampusPrecociousOff To CollegeTheater Family Author:John Lithgow
“The greatest experience I've ever had in a movie theater was watching "Star Wars." It shaped how I look at the world. My imagination was so small before I went in that theater and there was an explosion in my head. I just couldn't figure out how someone came up with it.” WorldLooksWarStarsImaginationFiguresTheaterMy ImaginationExplosionsMovie Theater Author:Will Smith
“If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."” IfsNeedsFeelsWellsPlayUseStarsStuffTalkingComedyDirectorsDirectEarsTheaterClubsToneComedy Clubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.” IfsWantLittlesActorsStarsCan DoCommunityActingToughTheaterConnectedYou Can Do ItMovie Star Author:Alan Arkin
“On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.” ThinkingWholeActorsStarsTheaterBritishGrounding Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I have to entertain myself. An easy way to explain it is I worked in NY since I was five-years-old doing modeling and commercials, and that's a completely different world than in California where I think there's different dreams and aspirations of maybe being a so-called 'star' and so forth. Here you do your work, whether it's theater or commercials.” ThinkingWorldWayYearsDifferentDreamStarsEasyFiveTheaterCaliforniaAspirationFive YearsModelingDifferent WorldsEasy WayFive Year OldsDreams And Aspirations Author:Linda Blair
“I find that with fantasy, you lose yourself in it a lot. It's great to be able to go into a dark theater or turn off the lights in your house and just get sucked into this world. I remember watching Star Wars when I was a little kid when they did the re-release of all the originals. I couldn't even read yet but my uncle took me and he would read me the opening as the words were coming up on the screen. I just remember being so sucked into that and thinking, "I want to be Luke Skywalker."” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesWarLightKidsAbleRememberTurnsHouseStarsLosesDarkFantasyThis WorldTheaterOriginalsScreensOpeningReleaseUnclesLittle KidLukeTurn OffLosing Yourself Author:Austin Butler
“We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.” PeopleWarStarsGroupsCoupleTheaterExpectedReactionsOpeningWeekend Author:J. J. Abrams
“Honestly I'm excited about the possibilities of what comes next, and the funny thing is, that is sort of what "Star Wars" is kind of about. I mean, I remember being 10 years old and seeing that movie and leaving the theater and feeling like, oh, my God, anything is possible. And I feel like anything is possible right now. I don't know what's next, but I look forward to it.” KnowsFeelsYearsLooksKindMeanWarFeelingsRememberNextStarsSeeingPossibilityRight NowTheaterLeavingExcitedHonestlyFunny ThingsAnything Is Possible Author:J. J. Abrams
“Sitting in the movie theater watching "Star Wars," I've never had an experience with any form of entertainment that was like that. It was almost spiritual. I couldn't believe that someone's mind created that. And, right, it felt like George Lucas had a piano that was playing my emotions, and he could go ahead and do whatever he wanted and make me lean forward if he wanted, or he could make me go oh, or he could make me hide my face.” IfsMindBelieveWarWantedFacesSpiritualFormStarsFeltEmotionSittingTheaterEntertainmentPianoMovie Theater Author:Will Smith
“I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with the flow! I've already used the phrase "campus star."” UsedActorsStarsFlowTheaterPhrasesGangHarvardCampus 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
“I think there are rock stars within every subgenre, and for people who are obsessed with musical theater Sutton Foster and Audra MacDonald are like Beyonce to them. I'm sure the a cappella world has their own version of that, and that exists in every geeky subculture.” PeopleThinkingWorldStarsRocksTheaterMusicalVersionsObsessedRock StarBeyonceMusical TheaterSubculture Author:Anna Kendrick
“It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens.” WarStarsTheaterScreensOpeningOpening Up Author:George Lucas
“On the Bowery, in the ornate carcass of a formerly grand vaudeville theater, a dance marathon limps along. The contestants, young girls and their fellas, hold one another up, determined to make their mark, to bite back at the dreams sold to them in newspaper advertisements and on the radio. They have sores on their feet but stars in their eyes.” DreamEyeYoungGirlStarsFeetMarkTheaterRadioDeterminedNewspapersBitesMarathonAdvertisementsFellasContestantsVaudeville Author:Libba Bray
“In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.” MatterBigsStarsTheaterProductionsCoffeeCraftsTeaChairsCarrieMilkSugarAssistants Author:Rosie Perez
“Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles.” ThinkingWantStarsRolesHollywoodTheaterCorporateMovie StarGeek Author:William Petersen
“Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return of the Jedi credit and say, 'Oh, you were part of Star Wars.' I smile and say, 'Yes, but only for twenty-six and a half seconds.'” PeopleLooksWarActorsStarsHalfCompanyReturnSixProgramTwentiesTheaterCreditSecondsEnviousI Smile Author:Caroline Blakiston