Theatre Quotes - Page 31

• I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

  Amanda Burton

  Drama, School, Cutting

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• I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Drama, Done, Costumes

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• When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Drama, School, Training

  "'I think I'm quite good at my job'". Interview with Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.

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• I trained in the theatre.

  Danny Boyle

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• I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

  Deborah Bull

  Shoes, Luck, Drink

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• People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.

  Edward Burns

  Art, Home, Thinking

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• As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien.

  Gavin Bryars

  Art, Writing, College

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• My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.

  Harrison Birtwistle

  Pieces, Opera, Formal

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• The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.

  Harrison Birtwistle

  Attitude, Next Week, Years

  Interview with Dan Warburton, www.paristransatlantic.com. July 08, 1995.

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• I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.

  James Belushi

  Drama, Night, Thinking

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• I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.

  Jeremy Bulloch

  Television, Film

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• I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

  Kelly Brook

  Kids, Stage, Pantomime

  "Kelly Brook" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

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• Musical theatre is my first love.

  Laura Benanti

  First Love, Musical, Firsts

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• When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!

  Roberto Benigni

  Beautiful, Saws, Firsts

  "Benigni interviewed by Adrian Wootton". Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 1998.

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• Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

  Sebastian Bach

  Actors, Said, Wanted

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• My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

  Yancy Butler

  Mother, Vegas, Grandfather

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• As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.

  Zach Braff

  Sports, Dad, School

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• Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?

  Alanis Morissette

  Quality, Like Me

  "You Oughta Know" (song) (1995)

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• Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or a theatre, going 'Hmm, yeah, I know that... I know that.

  Jeffrey Combs

  Jobs, Thinking, People

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• I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.

  Jeffrey Combs

  School, Night, Class

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• I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

  Peter Gallagher

  Lasts, Draws, Breaths

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• My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

  Peter Gallagher

  Support, My Family, Enough

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• You can only do so much theatre.

  Victor Garber

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

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• When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.

  Shirley Henderson

  Coffee, Brain, Might

  "Shirley Henderson: I'm every woman" by Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2011.

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• Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.

  Rebecca Hall

  Dad, Father, Ideas

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

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