Theater Quotes - Page 38

• I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.

  Ralph Fiennes

  Heart, School, Character

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• I used to say when I was working in the theater that if I ever had five seasons of a hit TV show I'd never have to worry about money and wouldn't have to do anything I didn't want to do.

  Jerry Orbach

  Tv Shows, Worry, Want

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

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• I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection.

  Ellen Page

  Kids, Desire, Connections

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• I might be doing a lot more theater, which is kind of what I love, but there's simply no time for.

  Erika Slezak

  Might, Kind

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• I didn't go to theater school. I didn't go to Julliard. But I've lived a lot. I've seen a lot. I feel like that makes up for a little bit.

  Minka Kelly

  School, Littles, Feels

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.

  Hayley Atwell

  Feelings, Cameras, Done

  "Hayley Atwell Is a Woman We Love" by Peter Martin, www.esquire.com. July 19, 2011.

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• I've done a show at the Largo Theater called The 'Thrilling Adventure Hour.' We read, like, radio teleplays. It's a send-up of radio dramas from the '30s and '40s. We just did a Kickstarter for that so that we can do a web series and a concert film.

  Paget Brewster

  Drama, Adventure, Done

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• We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

  Samantha Barks

  Mines

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• I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.

  Samantha Barks

  Careers, Musical, Doe

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• I feel like there's an obsession with pace right now in theater, with things being very fast and very witty and very loud, and I think we're all so freaked out about theater keeping audiences interested because everybody's so freaked out about theater becoming irrelevant.

  Annie Baker

  Witty, Thinking, Pace

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• I was 22 and stopped writing plays, and I didn't start again until I was 25. I was writing badly. In college, I attempted to write these more conventional plays, but the theater I loved was downtown experimental theater. I didn't feel like I could do that either. It didn't occur to me to do my own thing.

  Annie Baker

  Writing, College, Play

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• 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'm from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them became the head of Paramount and the other was the head of production at MGM and we all came out of Chicago.

  Bob Balaban

  Years, Chicago, My Family

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• Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old; I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.

  Bob Balaban

  Play, Hooked

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

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• I come from straight theater.

  Brian Baumgartner

  "Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) Accounts for The Office's Success". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. February 1, 2007.

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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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• Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.

  James Belushi

  Chicago, Just Being, Plus

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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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• It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.

  Lance Burton

  Fun, Opportunity, Years

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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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• When I was a kid I used to go to the movies, double features in outdoor theaters, and my parents used to take us to see like, 'Cat On a Hot Tin Roof' or something like that, with Elizabeth Taylor.

  Michael Biehn

  Cat, Kids, Parent

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