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“The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily mean anything, and they must not be relied upon as assurances of an easy conquest of the public heart. It is not only a question of fitness for the work, but of long years of most diligent effort to master the technique of the theatre, and to develop whatever of the art instinct we may possess upon the simplest, broadest, and most human lines.”

“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.”

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Author:Christopher Plummer

“I love the variety of films. In theater, you go into a room and the director runs the room, so you all work to his or her method. On film, if an actor or an actress is in for a day or two, the director has to get out of that actor what they need, so they have to change and adapt to that actor's technique.”

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Author:Eddie Redmayne

“Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique without much artistry can still dazzle us in the manner of the circus or sports arena translated to a higher plane. Though the perfect blend of the two elements is the consummation devoutly to be wished, the real enemy of good ballet is not the slight preponderance of one or the other but the prevalence of pantomime--the turning of dance into second-rate theater.”

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Author:John Simon

“I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.”

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Author:Jessica Lange

“Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.”

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Book:The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller

Source: The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller

“Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on”

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Author:Chris Cooper

“Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums.”

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Author:Joe Morton

“The techniques of the theater are the techniques of communicating.”

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Book:Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques

Source: Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques