Live Theater Quotes

• Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and it's like doing live theater. And filming something that goes to millions of people several weeks later, it's an interesting dynamic.

  Jenna Elfman

  People, Interesting, Week

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. June 15, 2006.

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• In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

  Tristan Bernard

  Live Theatre, Want, Theater

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• There's just something about getting up, putting it out there, and getting this exchange of energy. Whether your audience is a camera lens, or live theater, or whatever it is, just putting that out there and getting it back is just an honor.

  Lauren Bowles

  Honor, Cameras, Energy

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• The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

  Adrianne Palicki

  Energy, Half, Moments

  "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.

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• This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do a whole season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and do a year of plays. Most actors miss the days of live theater.

  Donal Logue

  Kids, College, Years

  "Donal Logue Talks SONS OF ANARCHY, How His Role Came About and His Possible Return Next Season, Plus His Experience in VIKINGS and SILENT NIGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 4, 2012.

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• My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that.

  Robin Williams

  Thinking, Energy, Actors

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.

  Gary Gygax

  Games, Play, People

  "Dungeon Masters in Cyberspace" by Seth Schiesel, www.nytimes.com. February 27, 2006.

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• Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater.

  William Petersen

  First Love, Tv Shows, Careers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love flexing theater Muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.

  Eddie Cahill

  Television, Merit, Theater

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Thinking, Play, Term Paper

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• I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.

  Derek Hough

  Art, School, Different

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• That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad.

  Jane Krakowski

  Reactions, Theater

  "Jane Krakowski Takes Manhattan". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. June 24, 2003.

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• I love life. I love the live theater.

  Chita Rivera

  Love Life, I Love Life, Theater

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Performing in a live theater is absolutely unbeatable. It is something I have done my entire life and have a gift, it seems, for sharing thoughts live.

  Val Kilmer

  Done, Theater, Unbeatable

  "Val Kilmer Interview | Never Quiet the Love Message". Interview with Lawrence Inglee, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

  Taye Diggs

  Broadway, My Favorite, Intention

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  New York, Thinking, Years

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• The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort. However, it is never a group effort of vague fellow committee members, but of associated autocrats-a playwright, a producer, a director, a stage manager, designers, and, above all, actors. Each accommodates the others, and may overlap others in function when necessary. But each autocrat assumes distinct responsibilities and accepts them completely.

  Laurence Sterne

  Responsibility, Goal, Effort

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• I want to do #‎ stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, "There's nothing like live theater, blah blah," but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

  Anna Kendrick

  People, Want, Theater

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.

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• There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

  Samantha Barks

  Yelling, Laughing, Buzz

  "Samantha Barks, Eponine In ‘Les Miserables,’ On Winning One Of Hollywood’s Most Coveted Roles". Interview With Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2012.

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• Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Powerful, Thinking, Good Times

  "It's One Of The Greatest Forms Of Entertainment We Have". Interview with Sachin Bhola, www.askmen.com. March 8, 2011.

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• Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

  Louise Fletcher

  Drama, Thinking, Cameras

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts.

  Jason Reitman

  Fun, Play, Directors

  "Jason Reitman’s ‘Live Read’ Series to Bring ‘The Apartment’ to New York This Month". artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com. April 03, 2012.

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• Good live theater disturbs molecules. You create an energy source around yourself and it alternates between you and the audience. Anybody who sees live theater should come out a little rearranged.

  Glenn Close

  Energy, Molecules, Littles

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Basketball, New York, College

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• The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Night, Eight, Discipline

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