“I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.” PeopleNeedsOrderRecordsPlayerStreetsWalkingTheaterTelephonesMovie TheaterRecord Players Author:Will Oldham
“I am still so proud to have been a part of something that introduced theater to so many people who weren't exposed to it before. We took Broadway and put it in peoples' living rooms once a week for two seasons. People still come up to me in the street and say, 'I never went to theater before I saw "Smash.'" That's the greatest compliment.” PeopleHas BeensStillsTwoRoomsSawsWeekStreetsProudSeasonsTheaterCome UpComplimentExposedBroadwayLiving Room Author:Megan Hilty
“In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree of illiteracy was very high. The early men of science were left very much to themselves and such a phrase as "the scientific culture of Alexandria in the third century B.C." does not cover any reality. In a sense, this is still true today; the real pioneers are so far ahead of the crowd (even a very literate crowd) that they remain almost alone.” MenDoeStillsRealRealityTodayCultureLeftStreetsCenturyDegreesThirdsTheaterAncientCrowdsPhrasesPioneersPublic EducationForumsIlliteracyAncient TimesAlexandria Author:George Sarton
“I was obsessed with movies when I was younger. During the summer, I would go by myself to a theater down the street from my house. I saw every comedy or science fiction movie that came out. My kids love going to the movies, but 3D scares them.” KidsHouseFictionSawsComedyStreetsSummerTheaterScience FictionObsessedScareKids LoveScience Fiction Movie Author:Allen Covert
“I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I don't even know who comes, but thank God they do come. I can't tell. I keep my head down. I don't meet them. The fans from "Harry Potter" are kids who stop me in the street. I love that. That's terrific. I was amazed how many do.” KnowsI CanKidsFiveDoorsFansStreetsMinutesStageMetsTheaterThank GodHarry PotterAmazedCurtainsFive MinutesTerrificPotters Author:Michael Gambon
“Bangladesh is a world of metaphor, of high and low theater, of great poetry and music. You talk to a rice farmer and you find a poet. You get to know a sweeper of the streets and you find a remarkable singer.” KnowsWorldStreetsPoetLowsTheaterMetaphorSingersRemarkableFarmersRiceGreat PoetBangladeshHighs And LowsGreat PoetryPoetry And MusicSweepers Author:Jean Houston
“For example, I'm a great fan of pornography, but I don't see any reason not to restrict it so that people walking down the street who hate pornography don't have full color pictures outside of movie theaters. Let them be in a different district. I'm kidding about pornography, but you get the point.” PeopleDifferentReasonHateFansStreetsExampleColorWalkingTheaterPornographyMovie TheaterGreat Fans Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. And so what I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally.” TryingWarHandsLawBeliefViolenceShareStreetsConversationWeaponsGunTheaterSoldierIllCriminalsMentally Ill Author:Barack Obama
“I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.” FeelingsIndividualGivenAudienceStreetsTheaterExtraordinaryHonestlyReactionsGrantedGreatest Gifts Author:Angela Lansbury
“Government can ensure that we share schools and streets and lunch counters and buses and elevators and theaters, but let us never forget that only God can give us the power to love each other and to respect each other and to share life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” LoveLifeGivingGovernmentSchoolHappinessForgetLibertyShareStreetsTheaterPursuitNever ForgetBusLunchPursuit Of HappinessLove Each OtherLife HappinessElevatorsLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessRespect Each Other Author:Mike Huckabee
“I haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls and bookshops. I ran everywhere in the city like a fly buzzing in the works of a clock, tasted more than any fit belly could hold, learned not to sleep, and buried myself in a tick-tock of whirling hours that still echo in me.” StillsHoursSleepCitiesFireStreetsStageFitMurderTheaterPoliceClockRanStationsHallsJailBuriedEchoesBellyRiotTickSlumsBanquetsCourtroomBookshopsSaloonsMadhousesTockTick Tock Author:Ben Hecht
“Theater in Israel is not more dangerous than walking in the street.” StreetsDangerousWalkingTheaterIsrael Author:Meital Dohan
“I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You hustle, you beat the sidewalk, the pavement - audition, audition. I just started working around town everywhere. I mean everywhere - the Village, Harlem, you know. Brooklyn Academy Of Music. Just job after job.” KnowsMeanJobsSidesStreetsNew YorkBeatsTheaterTownsEastVillageAuditionsAcademyBrooklynHustleSidewalkPavementHarlemEast Side Author:Jackee Harry
“I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.” ThinkingFirstsMadeStatesAgeFatherBornChurchUnitedUnited StatesStreetsLateTheaterGrandfatherMy GrandfatherExeter Author:Paul Laffoley
“In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.” RealNightHoursLinesStreetsTheater Author:Orson Welles
“Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.” PersonsBigsCitiesStreetsNew YorkTypeTheaterDisplay Book:Growing (Up) at 37 Source: Growing (Up) at 37
“I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.” AliveStreetsTheater Author:Al Pacino
“When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it.” IdeasWould BeStreetsCarFrontsStandingTheaterChineseStanding OutLiving OnAutographsSigningSigning Autographs Author:Danny Bonaduce