Theater Quotes - Page 28

• I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see; you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.

  Bob Balaban

  Mean, Ideas, Special

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 3, 2003.

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• I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

  Demian Bichir

  Careers, Firsts, Grew Up

  "Demian Bichir Talks A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, Auditioning for TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, and More at SBIFF". Interview, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

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• I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater company.

  Demian Bichir

  Long, Intense, Enough

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• My two brothers and I grew up in the theater, going everywhere with my parents when they performed.

  Demian Bichir

  Brother, Two, Parent

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• I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Independent, Work Out, Important

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• My mom thought I might be good for voiceover. She thought I had a cute voice, so maybe I could do a cartoon or something. And while we were looking into that, we also thought I should get into theater acting, so I tried it and the first audition I went on, I booked it. And it kind of just snowballed from there.

  Atticus Shaffer

  Cute, Mom, Voice

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• We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that.

  Jillian Bach

  Actors, Television, Film

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• I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.

  Laura Benanti

  Art, Thinking, Apples

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• I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.

  Laura Benanti

  Rap, Thinking, Musical

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• I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

  Michelle Branch

  Musical, Fans, Broadway

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• I can work every day of the year. TV is easy. My call's at 8:30 a.m. I'd like to break out of the comedy thing and take a shot at something serious like theater. The off-season allows me to do movies, but I'm not tired of TV yet. There's nothing like it. I've got the best of both worlds.

  Scott Baio

  Tired, Years, Break Out

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

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• I'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.

  Scott Bakula

  Passion, Creative, Support

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• In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.

  Zach Braff

  Religious, Atheist, Believe

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• I grew up doing musical theater.

  Chris Colfer

  Musical, Grew Up, Grew

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• When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.

  Darren Criss

  Real, Good Friend, College

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• I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

  Darren Criss

  Mean, Someday, Professors

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• I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

  Dennis Christopher

  Done, Proud

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• If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

  Enrico Colantoni

  Choices, Would Be, Actors

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

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• I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  George Clinton

  School, Circles, Tin Pan Alley

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• I was in theater when I was in elementary, middle school and high school. I didn't know it would be an actual profession for me. I didn't think of it as a reality.

  Katie Cassidy

  School, Reality, Thinking

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

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• The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers.

  Alan Cumming

  Play, Stories, Television

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• When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.

  Alan Cumming

  Home, People, Different

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• Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.

  Bobby Cannavale

  Growing Up, Athlete, Felt

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• I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.

  Bobby Cannavale

  New York, Home, Careers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

  Nina Arianda

  Mom, Kids, Play

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