When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.
A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. The show is continuous. Goodnight.
There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theaters to recall the sensation of rain.
Whatever you do kid, always serve it with a little dressing.
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.
If we could read minds, we wouldn't need headsets.
The theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a strong sense of humor. There was no discomfort an actor didn't learn to endure. To survive, we had to be horses and we were.
Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.
Life is a theatre of alarms and contentions.
If you cast wrong, you are in a lot of trouble.
I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.
The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can
I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.
We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us.
I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
I've done panel shows, which I enjoy, and on those you're recording half-an-hour of TV and sometimes they film for two hours. But with 'Britain's Got Talent,' you're on camera for eight hours, with a large theatre audience watching - and in between you're being filmed for ITV2 as you eat your lunch.
Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
I'm really passionate about pantomime because it is often the first introduction for a child to theatre, and if that child has a great experience at a pantomime they will continue to come year after year.
There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
I had this health teacher who kept me after class one time, saying, ‘You’re missing a lot of class.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, but I’m doing this play.’ He said, ‘Community theatre is not going to take you anywhere. Maybe you should stay in school’
I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.
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