Quotes About Theater

Wilberforce says that when he was first taken to a play, "it was almost by force." It seems severe and ridiculous to us that what he had imbibed of religion would make him think the theater sinful, but we have to appreciate the circumstances and shibboleths of that era.

success theater"—the work we do to make ourselves look successful. We could have tried marketing gimmicks, bought a Super Bowl ad, or tried flamboyant public relations (PR) as a way of juicing our gross numbers. That would have given investors the illusion of traction, but only for a short time.

Energy invested in success theater is energy that could have been used to help build a sustainable business.

I have never regarded any theater as much more than the conclusion to a dinner or the prelude to a supper.

It had a long and varied history, mostly involving crime, prostitution and the theater,

Call forth thundering Aeschylus.

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!

The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

The theatre should reflect America as it's lived in today. And that is a multicultural America.

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.

I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.

I haven't done much comedy; I would love to. I love doing dramatic roles, but I'd love to do comedy. I think it would be refreshing.

Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work on a set that looked like a theater; I wanted a kitchen of the sort every chef dreams about.

Acting is acting, regardless of the medium.

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.

I am a lucky regional theater actor who happened to get a good role.

I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center.

I was terrible in my first play. After that experience, I had to face that I wasn't good enough to play with the big boys. I had to go away and learn, so I worked in regional theater for three years. I even understudied at the Kennedy Center.

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

I never imagined I was going to do movies. My dreams were to become a regional theater actor.

Immediately after school, I did a lot of regional theater. I was in Berkeley and Princeton and Minneapolis and all over the country doing wonderful plays for the local audiences.

I grew up doing regional Shakespeare, and when Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, there's something about that that you don't really do in film anymore.