Theatre Quotes - Page 34

• The theatre and traveling through my modeling jobs, all of those experiences have helped a lot actually.

  Alexis Bledel

  Jobs, Modeling

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• I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.

  Harvey Keitel

  Responsibility, People, Looks

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• I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre.

  Nicholas Lea

  Trying, Want, Kind

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

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• At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive.

  Edward Bond

  Doe, Literature, Century

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• The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

  Kevin Spacey

  Home, Memorable, Actors

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• When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.

  Kevin Spacey

  Looks, Broadway, Clubs

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• There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

  Kevin Spacey

  Play, People, Actors

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• The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.

  Laura Mennell

  School, College, Class

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• When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.

  Rafe Spall

  Lunch, Car, Film

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• I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

  Michaela Conlin

  New York, Cities, Nyu

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

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• The first time I came to London on my own, I was 15. I was absolutely oblivious to so many things. I had no expectations, no fears. I just came to do a National Youth Theatre season one summer. It was just brilliant.

  Gina McKee

  Summer, Expectations, London

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

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• Every play should be 90 minutes. There would be so many more theatre-goers if plays were shorter.

  Eve Myles

  Play, Would Be, Should

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• Id like to make character-based dramas. I end up writing thrillers a lot - these psychological character-based things with weird people doing horrible things to each other - coming to a theatre near you!

  Joseph Mazzello

  Drama, Writing, Character

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• The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our own time.  The hallmark of this attitude is its sense that the certitudes and unshakable basic assumptions of former ages have been swept away, that they have been tested and found wanting, that they have been discredited as cheap and somewhat childish illusions.

  Martin Esslin

  Attitude, Reflection, Age

  "The Theatre of the Absurd". Book by Martin Esslin, 1961.

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• The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is, in terms of concrete stage images. This is the difference between the approach of the philosopher and that of the poet; the difference, to take an example from another sphere, between the idea of God in the works of Thomas Aquinas or Spinoza and the intuition of God in those of St. John of the Cross or Meister Eckhart - the difference between theory and experience.

  Martin Esslin

  Ideas, Differences, Intuition

  Martin Esslin (2009). “The Theatre of the Absurd”, p.25, Vintage

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• Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played them, and will be around long after I play them. Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

  Liev Schreiber

  Play, Long, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

  Gelsey Kirkland

  Stress, Taken, Light

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• I'm a pro! No, what I mean is I have performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. I have been all over the place. I have studied theatre for seven years.

  Kunal Nayyar

  Mean, Years, Royal

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

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• I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans'. It's a lovely way to just get back, to thank the fans for watching the show. And to live tweet is kind of like getting the rewards of doing live theatre.

  Darby Stanchfield

  Ideas, Live Theatre, Lovely

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• In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.

  Juliet Stevenson

  Together, Who We Are, Where We Come

  "Juliet Stevenson: The power of storytelling" by Juliet Stevenson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2009.

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• I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

  Stephen Tobolowsky

  Training, Done, Broadway

  "Exclusive Interview – Stephen Tobolowsky" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 25, 2009.

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• I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

  Jack Wagner

  Sports, Independent, Thinking

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

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• But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

  Janet McTeer

  Jobs, Drama, Coffee

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

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• I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

  Paul McGann

  Fun, Nice, Way

  "This much I know: Paul McGann". www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.

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• As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the National Theatre, that's who you play to. It's not money - it's good to get some, but that's not why I do it. You do it because you have to, to tell a story.

  Sylvester McCoy

  Play, Hull, Stories

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