Theater Quotes - Page 14

• I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

  Orlando Bloom

  Years, Three, Roles

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• You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Cutting, Entitlement, Economic

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.

  Elayne Boosler

  Clubs, Masons, Jackie

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• I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.

  Ray Bradbury

  Art, Stage, Motion Pictures

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• I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.

  Jeff Bridges

  Dark, Thinking, People

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• Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.

  Sandra Bullock

  Orange, Long, African American

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• I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.

  Tim Burton

  Saws, Would Be, Knows

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• I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it.

  Sophia Bush

  School, Kids, Doctors

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• I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.

  Sophia Bush

  Notebook, School, Kids

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• I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!

  James Caan

  Queens, Growing Up, Believe

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• There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me.

  Drew Carey

  Cameras, Energy, Clubs

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• I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

  Leslie Caron

  Country, Paris, House

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• I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

  Jim Carrey

  Careers, Laughing, Ems

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• I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there.

  Kim Cattrall

  Thinking, Actors, Directors

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• There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

  Kim Cattrall

  Play, Film And Television, Stories

  "At Lunch With Kim Cattrall And Tammy Grimes, Current And Past Stars Of Noël Coward's Private Lives". Interview with Patrick Monahan, www.vanityfair.com. November 10, 2011.

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• I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear black 'at' people. I didn't just want to play Hamlet, I wanted to be Hamlet.

  Stephen Colbert

  Play, People, Black

  "Colbert's Commencement Address". Northwestern University, www.northwestern.edu. June 17, 2011.

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• I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Kids, Lots Of Friends, Camaraderie

  "Five Oscars as a Producer, Director and Screenwriter". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 1994.

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• Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Crafts, Students, Illusion

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• I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Brother, Father, Musical

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• I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.

  Willem Dafoe

  People, Community, Stories

  Interview with Steven Hyden, film.avclub.com. September 25, 2007.

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• I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing with your voice, as opposed to having a natural manner. I'm a theater actor first, so that probably influences a lot of my approach. And I think in many ways, naturalism has ruined movies.

  Willem Dafoe

  Thinking, Voice, Singing

  "Sculpting Away". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.indiewire.com. March 19, 2012.

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• The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Theatre, Wicked

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.

  Vin Diesel

  Teacher, New York, Father

  "Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast Five’ is Part of a New ‘Furious’ Trilogy". Interview with Mike Eisenberg, screenrant.com. January 25, 2011.

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• I wouldn't succeed at musical theater.

  David Duchovny

  Musical, Succeed, Musical Theater

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• I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

  Zac Efron

  School, People, Musical

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