Theater Quotes - Page 39

• In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Fun, Winning, Expression

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• Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.

  Tom Hooper

  Mother, Kings, Reading

  "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

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• Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is.

  Amy Irving

  Stars, Fighting, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40.

  Amy Irving

  New Beginnings, Careers, Feelings

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• Not to toot our own horn, but when 'The Sopranos' was on, it was as good as any movie that was coming out in the theater. I think that goes for a lot of shows today.

  Michael Imperioli

  Thinking, Today, Sopranos

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• My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

  Brion James

  Dad, Night, My Dad

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• As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that.

  Hugh Jackman

  Drama, School, Boys

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• When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has given me a way of continuing to post those notes, only a lot of other people see them, too.

  Maureen Johnson

  Writing, People, Way

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• Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy.

  Thomas Jane

  Couple, Years, Careers

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 20, 2004.

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• After high school, I went to VCU and got a B.F.A. in theater. I got to do a bunch of stuff professionally throughout college. I actually got my SAG card in college.

  Zachary Knighton

  School, College, Stuff

  "Happy Beginnings and 'Happy Endings' for Zachary Knighton". Interview with Jessica Gardner, www.backstage.com. February 23, 2012.

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• I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater.

  Zachary Knighton

  New York, Reality, College

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• I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

  John Mahoney

  Growing Up, Children, Character

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• What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.

  Daniel Dae Kim

  Character, Three, Pieces

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

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• Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens.

  Peter Krause

  Nice, Television, Singers

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

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• My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

  Stacy Keach

  Actors, Knows, Screens

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• I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

  Diego Luna

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  "Diego Luna Talks MISS BALA, CASA DE MI PADRE, Neill Blomkamp’s ELYSIUM, and CONTRABAND". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 17, 2012.

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• In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

  Diego Luna

  Character, Simple, Night

  "Diego Luna Talks Miss Bala, Casa De Mi Padre, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, and Contraband". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 17, 2012.

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• I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it.

  Jane Lynch

  Events

  "Adams on Reel Women: In our Jane Lynch Interview the "Wreck-It Ralph" heroine gets animated". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.yahoo.com. February 11, 2013.

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• I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them.

  Logan Lerman

  Home, Movie Love, Best Place

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• I'm always in the theater seeing everything, good or bad.

  Logan Lerman

  Seeing

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• I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.

  Melanie Laurent

  Lessons

  "Mélanie Laurent Exclusive Interview; THE CONCERT Star On INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS' Worldwide Appeal, Experiencing Cannes With Quentin Tarantino & Becoming A Virtuoso Violinist In 3 Months". Interview with Ron Messer, collider.com. August 9, 2010.

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• When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

  Logan Marshall-Green

  Mother, Father, Kids

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

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• I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.

  John Noble

  Men, Age, Hollywood

  "Fatherhood on the Fringe". Interview with Larry Getlen, www.aarp.org. November 18, 2010.

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• I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Play, Sitting, Stage

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• I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you have to do two contrasting monologues - at that time, this is 2003 - one classical and one contemporary.

  Kunal Nayyar

  Two, Theatre, Auditions

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

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