“I think that people want to go to the movies and watch shows on TV or in theaters that make them feel good and music really does that. Not only can you watch something and connect to dialogue, but when you listen to a song, it gives a whole other element of connection and you get that feeling like you want to stand up and dance and sing.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsDoeWholeShowsFeelingsSongWatchesTvsLike YouElementsConnectionsTheaterDialogueFeel Good Author:Brittany Snow
“You want people to think. You want people to be emotionally moved. And there's a theory behind that in terms of storytelling. It has been around for thousands of years. And that's where something like live theater or a live performance is something that is very valuable because you get instant feedback from your audience and you kind of know the things that work and the things that don't work.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantYearsKindHas BeensTermBehindsAudienceTheoryPerformancesTheaterMovedValuableStorytellingInstantFeedbackLive PerformanceLive Theater Author:George Lucas
“I've always been drawn to the best writing that I can find. I don't care if it's in movies or theater or whatever - if you want to be in front of an audience, you have to do writing you believe in.” IfsWantWritingBelieveI CanCareAudienceFrontsTheaterDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Ethan Hawke
“That's why I love improvisational theater so much - you do it [scene] once and then it's done. You don't get bogged down with a lot of preplanning and repetition. If I do something and it gets a laugh, I don't want to do it again. Why bother? I'm just repeating myself. It's boring.” IfsWantDoneLaughingSceneTheaterBoringBotherRepetitionWhy Bother Author:Amy Sedaris
“Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody's encouraged to want less, you'll end up with less.” IfsWantGivingEndsAudienceTheaterCritics Author:Edward Albee
“When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.” WantWritingMatterCharacterFilmTheaterRealistic Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I don't want people leaving the theater depressed after my movies. I want them angry.” PeopleWantTheaterAngryLeavingPeople Leaving Author:Michael Moore
“I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities.” PeopleWantPlayTelevisionDirectTheaterDisabilityLooking ForwardWorkshopsPeople With Disabilities Author:Chris Burke
“I thought theater people wouldn't see me if I hadn't trained. I didn't want to just be the Brideshead guy, to spend the rest of my life wearing waistcoats. I got the chance to try everything. Not just Romeos, but pimps and grandfathers and even one role as a woman in a Naomi Wallace play called Slaughter City.” PeopleIfsWantTryingPlayGuyChanceCitiesRolesTheaterGrandfatherSlaughterPimp Author:Tom Hiddleston
“In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.” WayWantFeelsEnjoyTheaterIndependentCinemaVisitors Author:Brian Cox
“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
“I want to keep working. I want to step away from young adult fiction. I want to do theater periodically - Farragut North reminded me how great it is. I started out in theater. I trained in theater and then I kind of fell into film and TV. I want to work with interesting artists, talented actors, talented directors, and talented scripts. Not necessarily leading roles.” WantKindFilmYoungArtistActorsInterestingFictionStepsRolesTvsDirectorsAdultsTheaterScriptsYoung Adult Author:Max Irons
“I want people to leave the theater with a greater understanding of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. "Song of Lahore" moves beyond headlines and stereotypes and shows that a vast majority of Pakistanis are not perpetrators of religious violence - they are victims of it. The beautiful cultural heritage of the region belies its image in the West as monolithically religious, intolerant, and violent.” PeopleWantShowsBeautifulMovingSongUnderstandingReligiousRichGreaterViolenceTheaterVictimMajorityWestViolentRegionsHeritageStereotypePakistanHeadlinesPerpetratorsCultural HeritageLahore Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Ultimately, we want to provide people with a unique experience, and an unexpected one as well. We'd like people to leave the theater having questions, being intrigued, wanting to know more, and forming their own opinions about the characters and the world we created. We'd like the film and its images to stick around in people's heads, possibly be recalled every time the letter "H" comes up in everyday life.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantWellsCharacterFilmOpinionUniqueLettersTheaterSticksEverydayCome UpUnexpectedEveryday LifeIntriguedUnique Experiences Author:Rania Attieh
“I want people to have a new way of looking at the world when they leave the theater.” PeopleWorldWayWantTheaterNew Ways Author:Jenni Olson
“What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.” PeopleWantWritingIdeasFilmNovelComedyTheaterWhat You WantMediumsSatireLectures Author:Justin Simien
“To me, the fun part of both jobs is to always try to push the discussion and debate forward in some way. The most fun part of being a theater critic for the Times was always to try and champion something that maybe other people didn't like, or that was produced under obscure circumstances or had to fight for its life. And I would say in the column what I try to do is in some ways related in that I'm trying to fight for a point of view. I'm not trying to be a kingmaker in either job, and don't want to be, and shouldn't be.” PeopleWayWantTryingJobsFightingFunViewsCircumstancesTheaterCriticsPoint Of ViewDebateDiscussionChampionRelatedObscureColumns Author:Frank Rich
“I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already.” KnowsWantI CanFeltKnow HowGrowing UpSawsGrowingTelevisionFameTheaterAssumingExceptionalHalfwayMagnet Author:Brian d'Arcy James
“The Sherry Theater, which I named after my mom, is a place I can go. I do want to give back to the community. There are so many people out there who want to be seen and heard, and get connected.” PeopleWantGivingI CanCommunityHeardMomTheaterMy MomConnectedGiving BackSherry Author:Scott Haze
“In an ideal world for me, I would like to go back and forth [between film and theater]. I kind of want to do it all” WorldWantKindFilmIdealsTheaterBack And ForthIdeal World Author:Aaron Tveit
“I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and engage in that. I think that could be a very powerful experience.” PeopleThinkingWantHappensPowerfulSeeingSittingTheaterThings HappenIntimacyEngagementVery Powerful Author:Colin Callender
“One of the things that's different about London and the English market is that theater and film and television are all based in London. It's not quite the same as in the States where if the playwright here wants a successful TV or film career, they're whisked away by Hollywood.” IfsWantDifferentStatesFilmCareersSuccessfulTelevisionTvsHollywoodTheaterLondonPlaywrightFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.” PeopleWantTryingStoriesTurnsGrowsWatchesGrowing UpMarkTheaterCompelledTurn-onMovie Theater Author:Jon M. Chu
“I want to diversify a bit. I don't wanna throw myself into another big blockbuster or another big franchise anytime soon. So smaller films, just small little interesting parts, I think I'd even like to play around with some really good supporting roles and then develop into - I don't know just like feel my way into it a bit more. I don't know, I'd love to try some theater. That's my other thing. I'd love to do some Shakespeare.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingLittlesPlayBigsFilmBitsInterestingRolesTheaterMy WayBlockbusterSupporting Roles Author:Emma Watson
“I did always want to write. And then, when I left New York, where I was working very steadily in the theater - I had done three Broadway shows in a row and was a bit burnt out - I moved out to L.A. and I was not working very much. I came in cold and I'd work for a week, but then I'd have a month or two off. I thought, "I'm going to go crazy unless I actually do write." Like a lot of things in life, it was a situation that came about by circumstances.” WantWritingTwoDoneShowsThreeLeftBitsSituationWeekCrazyNew YorkMonthsColdCircumstancesTheaterMovedThings In LifeBroadwayBroadway ShowsBurnt Out Author:Jim Piddock
“As soon as I leave the world [of the show], I want to turn around and come back. That's how real it is. As soon as I leave the theater I want to wake up and come back the next day and do it all over again. It's that much fun.” WorldWantRealShowsTurnsNextFunWake UpTheaterNext Day Author:Victoria Clark
“I've had frank conversations with theaters who say, 'We love your play, but we've already done a play by another black person this year,' or 'I don't think the kind of people you write about are the ones our audience wants to see'... Up and coming young black female writers are still struggling to have their voices heard and have their plays produced.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingYearsKindPersonsStillsDonePlayYoungBlackVoiceAudienceStruggleHeardLove YouConversationFemaleTheaterFrankBlack PersonFemale Writers Author:Katori Hall
“I think it takes an introspective person to want to go into the theater and see the dark side of themselves.” ThinkingWantPersonsSidesDarkTheaterDark SideIntrospective Author:Anne Heche
“There are two kinds of audiences. There's the ones who were in the theaters, and the ones who are outside and we want them to come inside the theater. And, it's not the same.” WantKindTwoAudienceTheater Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.” WantWorryAudiencePiecesTheaterProfit Author:Stephen Sondheim
“They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.” KnowsWantNew YorkTheaterEntertainment Author:Sandra Bernhard
“I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I`m focusing on are my own policy proposals.” WantPlayMy OwnMediaPolicyTheaterCriticsWant UProposalCritique Author:Ted Cruz
“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
“I certainly did plays in high school and community theater, and I want to get back on the stage.” WantPlaySchoolCommunityStageHigh SchoolTheaterGet BackSchools And Community Author:Busy Philipps
“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
“I want to be a recording artist for my whole entire life. But Broadway is something I would come back to at any given moment. I love, love, love doing theater.” WantWholeMomentsArtistGivenTheaterBroadway Author:Ariana Grande
“My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work to have an impact after they leave the theater. It's the equivalent of leaving a musical humming a show tune.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsLeftTheaterImpactLeavingMusicalMy FavoriteTunesFavorites ThingsHummingShow Tunes Author:Marin Ireland
“Occasionally, I have time to go to the theater, and I think for a minute, 'Man, I'd really love to be doing a play right now.' Because I loved doing plays when I was doing them. Then I think, 'I want to do it right now, but will I want to do that Sunday matinee in six weeks?'” ThinkingMenWantPlayWeekMinutesRight NowSixTheaterSunday Author:Stephen Lang
“I went to theater school in France, and when I finished I thought I would never go back to acting again. I don't want to be acting in theater. It's not for me. I'm sick of all this theater world, all these actors, and all that.” WorldWantSchoolActorsActingSickTheaterFinishedFrance Author:Tomas Lemarquis
“It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.” PeopleIfsWantHeartSoulStoriesUsedWalksMillionsSpecialEffectsColdTheaterStudiosUsed To BeMaking MoneyLeaving MeExplosionsSpecial Effects Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the challenges doing theater - especially a long production - how to keep it alive for yourself and the audience.” WantFeelsLongHomeActorsChallengesAudienceAliveTheaterTiredProductions Author:Gillian Anderson
“No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.” WayWantWritingArtStillsMatterActingClassDesignDirectorsMajorsTheaterNo Matter WhatSceneryFreshmanActing ClassesUcla Author:Carol Burnett
“I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and was like, "No, I'm a serious actor. I want to do Shakespeare. I want to do classical theater." I took myself very seriously.” WantSchoolActorsCollegeSeriousHigh SchoolTheater Author:Timothy Omundson
“I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going to be doing theater and doing movies.” WantTelevisionTheater Author:David Morse
“Well, enforcement theater is OK if it's reality theater. In other words, obviously, you want to make it clear, you want to make people see that the law is being enforced.” PeopleIfsWantWellsRealityLawClearTheaterEnforcement Author:Mark Krikorian
“I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for a month on a script in the isolation of a room and really deeply delving into who are these people, what is the story we're telling, how do we want to tell it?” PeopleThinkingWantRealStoriesRoomsMonthsDirectorsAspectTheaterScriptsIsolationReal BeautyReally DeepDelving Author:Karen Allen
“Watching shows on Netflix is a different experience because most people are sitting there for three to five hours. Very few people even watch one episode. So it's not like a movie theater where you want to the movies to be shorter so you can go urinate. You can pause and urinate at home, and if something is longer, you're allowed to stop and eat breakfast and then watch eight more episodes.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentShowsHomeThreeHoursWatchesFiveSittingTheaterEightBreakfastEpisodesPausesMovie TheaterNetflixDifferent Experiences Author:Judd Apatow
“We like to keep the show small. Honestly, where we moved the show to the UCB theater, we moved it to a smaller space. Even though the show has technically gotten more popular. And that is, only because we like intimacy and the ability to experiment more. We don't want to be like, "We can get 250 people in a week. So let's do that. But we have to be careful about who we book..."” PeopleWantBookShowsAbilitySpaceWeekTheaterMovedCarefulHonestlyExperimentsIntimacyBe Careful Author:Scott Aukerman
“Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to get anything you want within a few hours. In those days, it was virtually impossible to get Italian films, or German films, or whatever. So I grew up with very standard, mainstream films.” WantKindShowsFilmCoursesHoursImpossibleGrewGrew UpStandardsTheaterItalianMainstreamDvds Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, "Gee, I don't know if I ever want to do this again." And I love theater. I love going. I love the experience of theater. But I am not sure it's for me.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantMadeMomentsTheaterNot Sure Author:Jodie Foster