Theater Quotes - Page 39

• 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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• So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.

  Rick Baker

  People, Generations, Television

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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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• Well, I'm... first and foremost I'm a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.

  Scott Bakula

  Guy, Firsts, Wells

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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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• There's definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

  David Cook

  Song, Emotional, Aspect

  "'Idol' moments with winner David Cook". Interview with Misha Berson, www.seattletimes.com. July 8, 2008.

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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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• All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater.

  Shane Carruth

  Members, Audience, Knows

  "How Shane Carruth Constructs". Interview with Paul Dallas, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 3, 2013.

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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 tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.

  Dana Carvey

  Country, Art, Team

  "Dana Carvey talks parenting, “SNL” and Carlmont High cross country". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, blog.sfgate.com. April 30, 2010.

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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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• Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

  Nina Arianda

  Real, Thinking, Challenges

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• I was a hostess, I sold shoes, but I don't function well in jobs that don't have to do with what I love. I have cleaned bathrooms in theaters, I have sold wine in theaters, I have sold tickets, because I will do anything, anything, to stay in this world.

  Nina Arianda

  Jobs, Wine, Shoes

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• I would feel ill without theater. It's kind of a cliche, but every time you make a mistake, you really do have to learn from it to move on. When you're doing something live, there's no time to dwell. Hopefully you'll laugh it off, but if not, you can always take a day to hate yourself.

  Nina Arianda

  Hate, Mistake, Moving

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• I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

  Armand Assante

  Years, Film

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