Quotes from Estelle Parsons

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it.

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.

You can't just trust to luck you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

You cant just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.