Theater Quotes - Page 40

• I left Iran back in 1985. I lived in Turkey for a while, then I went to Germany. I joined a theater company there, and we toured the country.

  Navid Negahban

  Country, Iran, Turkeys

  "Navid Negahban: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. November 25, 2009.

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• I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Teacher, Drama, School

  Interview with Sarah Paulson, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2012.

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• And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Character, Two, Nyu

  "Sean Durkin and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2011.

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• When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Volleyball, School, Player

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

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• I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.

  Haley Joel Osment

  Sleep, Would Be, Terrible

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• If you want to see theater you go to New York.

  John O'Hurley

  New York, Want, Ifs

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

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• I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

  Will Oldham

  Player, Order, People

  Interview with Ben Tausig, www.dustedmagazine.com.

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• At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater!

  Christian Louboutin

  Design, Age, Wanted

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• I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

  Derek Luke

  People, Interesting, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.

  Trevor Nunn

  Integrity, Limits, Artistic

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• The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford.

  Trevor Nunn

  Royal, Wanted, Saved

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• When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.

  Trevor Nunn

  Kids, Years, Actors

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• I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.

  Amanda Plummer

  Character, Cutting, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I prefer theater, but I love to do films, and I prefer theater primarily because I've done more. I know less about movies. You can't lie in either medium. The wonderful thing is that the camera, just like an audience, is made out of skin - because celluloid is skin.

  Amanda Plummer

  Lying, Skins, Cameras

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

  Aprilynne Pike

  Piano, Musical, Singing

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• I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

  Clarke Peters

  Exercise, Long, Muscles

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• It's so fun to do theater, because as opposed to television, you just keep doing it again and again and again - every night. Sometimes it lands beautifully, and sometimes it lands just beside of it. It's like throwing a horseshoe. It's great fun.

  Missi Pyle

  Fun, Night, Land

  "Missi Pyle on Her Role in the Off-Broadway Rock Musical 'Bare'". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. January 4, 2013.

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• When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am.

  Pete Postlethwaite

  Light, Who I Am, Names

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

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• Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

  Adrianne Palicki

  Film And Television, Broadway, Television

  "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.

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• The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

  Adrianne Palicki

  Energy, Half, Moments

  "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.

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• But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a young person's game. It requires energy, mentally and physically, to do it.

  Elaine Paige

  Games, Musical, Energy

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• My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.

  Franka Potente

  School, Skills, Acting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

  Janel Parrish

  Passion, Play, Piano

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.

  Jim Parsons

  Jobs, Mean, Actors

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 1, 2009.

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• My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.

  Jim Parsons

  Character, Choices, Roles

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

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