Theatre Quotes - Page 7

• 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.

  Steve Buscemi

  Jobs, Acting, Burning

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• A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.

  Sophocles

  Actors, May, Fool

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• There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theaters to recall the sensation of rain.

  Jim Morrison

  Rain, Weather, May

  "The lords, and The new creatures: poems".

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• 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.

  Robertson Davies

  Taxation, Admission, Shows

  Robertson Davies (1996). “The Cunning Man”, Penguin Group USA

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• Whatever you do kid, always serve it with a little dressing.

  George M. Cohan

  Kids, Littles, Dressings

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• Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

  Tennessee Williams

  Writing, Found

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

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• If we could read minds, we wouldn't need headsets.

  Tommy G. Kendrick

  Mind, Needs, Headset

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• 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.

  Helen Hayes

  Strong, Horse, Actors

  Helen Hayes (2014). “On Reflection: An Autobiography”, p.49, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.

  Kevin Kline

  Play, Technique, Mood

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• Life is a theatre of alarms and contentions.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Life, Alarms, Contention

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.250, Transaction Publishers

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• 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.

  Kevin Spacey

  Technology, Generations, Tools

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• If you cast wrong, you are in a lot of trouble.

  Paul Mazursky

  Trouble, Casts, Ifs

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• 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.

  Iris Murdoch

  Magic, Wonderful, Glory

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• Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

  Cillian Murphy

  Impulse, Feels, I Can

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• I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

  Rainn Wilson

  Character, Transformation

  The A.V. Club Interview, www.avclub.com. August 19, 2008.

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• 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.

  David Rubenstein

  Art, People, Doe

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• We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us.

  Peter Capaldi

  British, Backgrounds, Behinds

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• People's relationship to what they want from theatre is changing. People, including me, are still looking for the next STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. And people can't or won't write that anymore.

  Austin Pendleton

  Writing, People, Desire

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• I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. The space is wonderful and the acoustics are brilliant.

  Louise Jameson

  Thinking, Space, Quirky

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• A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

  David Amram

  Uncles, Years, Dukes

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• Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

  Ron Moody

  Ghouls, Differences, Village

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• Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

  Mel Torme

  Chicago, Hollywood, Broadway

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• I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch.

  Debra Messing

  Friendship, New York, Gay

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• I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.

  Justin Timberlake

  Movie, Simple, Sneak In

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• Family seems so rich and complicated to me. There's meant to be this unfailing biological loyalty and yet at the same time it's this theatre for various kinds of cruelty. I know it doesn't always work out that way, but the worst possible behaviour is sort of allowed for. It looks to me like an endlessly rich container for really terrible drama, but also pretty grand love. It accommodates such a variety of feeling in such a natural way, and it feels so relatable, and yet it's such a funny construct, socially, the family.

  Ben Marcus

  Loyalty, Drama, Work Out

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