Theatrical Quotes - Page 2

• I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life

  Kate Hudson

  Play, Parent, Important

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• How does Parker’s body compare with yours ” Great. A pop quiz I thought recognizing his transition into lecture mode. “How does Parker’s body compare with mine Hmm.” I gave Parker a quick theatrical once-over and he smiled clearly catching on to my line of thought. “Nice legs and killer biceps. But I have better boobs. No question.

  Rachel Vincent

  Nice, Catching On, Transition

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• Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9.

  Daniel Handler

  Reading, Believe, Library

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• I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame

  Ethel Merman

  Character, Dames, Wonderful

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forwar, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, 'My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence.

  Ilona Andrews

  Pain, Rain, Eye

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• Jean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. "After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Sweet, Eye, Gentleman

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• We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.

  Michael Moore

  Needs, Documentaries, Huge

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• One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

  Neil Strauss

  Acting, Band, Directing Movies

  Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.186, Canongate Books

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• My version of an Irish exit has an air of deception to it, because it includes my asking loudly, “Where’s the bathroom?” and making theatrical looking-around gestures like a lost foreign tourist. But then, instead of finding the bathroom, I sneakily grab my coat and leave.

  Mindy Kaling

  Air, Deception, Exit

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• They think you can't feel anything, because they've forgotten how. You're very, very dangerous, I get that, and you're prone to some very theatrical brooding, but don't let yourself mistake that for some kind of inner corruption. They see themselves in you and are blinded.

  Holly Black

  Mistake, Thinking, Kind

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.180, Hachette UK

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• Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

  Edward Burns

  Brother, Distribution

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• I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego.

  Charisma Carpenter

  Teacher, Dad, Heart

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

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• I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.

  Lady Gaga

  Art, Thinking, People

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• I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

  Bela Lugosi

  Art, Years, Degrees

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• In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

  Gustav Mahler

  Drama, Admire

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• It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.

  Marilyn Manson

  Jobs, Clown

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• I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

  Edward Norton

  "Edward Norton - not appearing in a cinema near you" by Nev Pierce, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2011.

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• Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

  Eli Roth

  Goal, Release, Distributors

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• I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on.

  Robert Smith

  School, Makeup, Thinking

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• My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room full of ambitious eight-year-old girls by acting the wallflower. I realised then that I couldn't do things half-heartedly.

  Jessie J

  Girl, Attitude, Eight

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

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• Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.

  Denis Leary

  Acting, Actors, Sugar

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• The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Actors, Knighthood, Stuff

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• When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Brother, Cousin, Children

  "Kirsten Dunst Relies on Intuition and Years of Experience to Serve the Role". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. November 2, 2011.

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• Theatrical is fantastic. I don't think anything will ever replace the big dark room, the screen and the popcorn. You can kind of do it in your home if you have a nice screen, but it's not the same thing.

  Mel Gibson

  Nice, Home, Dark

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• The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up!

  Eva Ibbotson

  Son, Games, Rose

  Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Secret Countess”, p.170, Pan Macmillan

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