Theatre Quotes - Page 28

• Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.

  Ewan McGregor

  School, Seven Months, Aggravation

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• The reason why I hate working in theatre is the tedium of memorisation. But once that is done, then you feast on this never-ending meal. If you play it correctly, every night is fraught with very high stakes that are very difficult to find in everyday life.

  Christopher Meloni

  Hate, Night, Play

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• Theatre just fills me up so much.

  Lea Michele

  "Lea Michele on Picking Wendla Over Eponine and Why She Didn't Want Her Parents to See Spring Awakening". Interview With Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. July 23, 2015.

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• I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.

  Helen Mirren

  Thinking, Actors, Done

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• A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

  Wilson Mizner

  Drama, Criticism, Surprise

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

  Mandy Moore

  Real, Ambition, Musical

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• I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.

  Mandy Moore

  Florida, Musical, Singing

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• I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.

  Michael Moore

  Thinking, People, Good Movie

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• I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Night, Self, Discipline

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• I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.

  Ajay Naidu

  Definitions, Paint, Broads

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• People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds.

  Liam Neeson

  New York, Europe, People

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• I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

  Peter O'Toole

  Children, Cinema, Tvs

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• My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Girl, Mother, Seductive

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• But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Ideas, Dropping, Courses

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• I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

  Harold Prince

  Good Times, Shows, Turns

  "A Conversation With Groundbreaker Harold Prince On the Occasion of a New Phantom Milestone". Interview with Harry Haun, www.playbill.com. January 25, 2013.

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• I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

  Harold Prince

  Night, Ties, People

  "A Conversation With Groundbreaker Harold Prince On the Occasion of a New Phantom Milestone". Interview with Harry Haun, www.playbill.com. January 25, 2013.

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• The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

  Harold Prince

  Art, Musical, Form

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• I definitely think that theatre is something I'll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre's something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don't think I could do it all the time.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Thinking, Careers, Long

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• The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That's what they were written for. That's where the enjoyment is. Studying them is no enjoyment whatsoever.

  Tony Randall

  Real, Play, Study

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• Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

  Tony Randall

  These Days, Very Good, University

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• A lot of what acting is paying attention.

  Nancy Reagan

  Acting, Attention, Pay Attention

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• Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.

  Orville Redenbacher

  Competition, Popcorn, Increase

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• Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.

  Steve Sabol

  Movie, Football, Games

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

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• Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

  Greta Scacchi

  Space, Actors, Sacred

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• With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you need to have the tools ready - your voice, physicality, brain.

  Greta Scacchi

  Voice, Challenges, Brain

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