Theater Quotes - Page 27

• With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult.

  Neil LaBute

  Hurt, Men, Feelings

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• The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

  W. H. Auden

  Pride, Hands, People

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• A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.

  Constantin Stanislavski

  Artist, Feelings, Acting

  Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “Building a Character”, p.216, A&C Black

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• The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.

  Steven Berkoff

  Team, Soldier, Actors

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• Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's favorite, the john.

  Stephen King

  Book, Reading, Waiting Rooms

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things.

  Leonard Maltin

  Dvds, Games, Alternatives

  "In the Money" with Andy Serwer, Allen Wastler, Carrie Lee, edition.cnn.com. October 29, 2005.

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• When you're talking about pure form, theater is a wonderful outlet.

  Justin Bartha

  Talking, Wonderful, Form

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down.

  James Randi

  Let Down, Feels, Has Beens

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• Dolby was in the driver's seat. "Surround Sound" was added. Now we had three speakers behind the screen, two more on the left side of the theater, and two on the right. A closely guarded secret about all this is that you hear the correct balance only if you're sitting in the center of the theater. On the left or right side, those speakers tend to dominate.

  Sidney Lumet

  Surround Sound, Two, Secret

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• And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.

  James Broughton

  Vision, Acting, World

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• A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.

  Wendy Beckett

  Country, Art, Mean

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• The theater requires an essential gullibility that you can't get through life without having. If all you can feel is skepticism-well , you meet people like this. Run away from them. They're not good people.

  Tony Kushner

  Running, People, Essentials

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• I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

  Ruben Studdard

  Growth, Fans, Really Cool

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• Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.

  Martha Graham

  Drama, Verbs, Nouns

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• Everything in life is theater.

  Margo Jones

  Drama, Life Is

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• I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  New York, Airports, Cities

  Interview with Kay Bonetti, www.missourireview.com. March 1, 1995.

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• My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Priorities, Acting, Way

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• I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

  Rick James

  Thinking, Play, Long

  FaceBook post by Rick James from Sep 23, 2013

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• There are an infinite number of ways to be moved in the theater.

  Martha Plimpton

  Numbers, Way, Infinite

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• It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you go into a theater. It should surround you, envelope you, so you can live inside a dream.

  David Lynch

  Dream, People, Important

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• I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.

  Jim Parsons

  Thinking, Acting, Done

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

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• Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

  Patti LuPone

  Thinking, Misfits, Stage

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• Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.

  Chita Rivera

  Memories, Single Mom, Film

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• I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.

  John Malkovich

  Say Anything, Would Be, Use

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• If you don't go to Broadway, you're a fool. On Broadway, off Broadway, above Broadway, below Broadway, go! Don't tell me there isn't something wonderful playing. If I'm home in New York at night, I'm either at a Broadway or an Off Broadway show. We're in the theater capital of the world, and if you don't get it, you're an idiot.

  Joan Rivers

  New York, Home, Night

  "Joan Rivers on the Allure and Magic of New York City" by Joan Rivers, www.vulture.com. September 4, 2014.

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