Quotes About Theater

Father Time is the make-up man responsible for the physical changes that determine the parts the average actor is to play.

I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.

I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

I love being physical and acting at the same time.

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

I'd never even seen a play by the time I was 24 years old.

[T]he Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unitez , or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play; namely, of Time, Place, and Action.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.

When I was a freshman, I didn't have that much time for extra-curriculars, so I didn't do any theater stuff. Actually, I didn't do it with my school. I did theater with this thing called Teen Source.

I studied fine arts and architecture, but I decided to move into movie design because I grew up in a small town in the Marche region and spent a lot of time after school in the movie theater.

I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.

Both of my parents have been actors there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information, where he offers graciously his deep findings. While the man who has only questions to comfort himself makes music.

George especially loved the new number for the Queen, "Sensitivity," which wasn't even supposed to be in the show until Jane White, who played the role in New York, said, "Why don't I have a real song? I need a song!" And I loved it, too, because it's just a waltz in the bridge but 5/4 in the A section, even though the musicians always said it was really 5/8. I don't think Daddy ever wrote a song in 5/4 or 5/8.

We never discovered what exactly, but she was a moving violation. Thus was born the Nightingale of Samarkand, who was lowered in a cage during the bed scene while shrilling an insane modal tune to keep the Princess awake. Do not seek to know how the musical theater sausage is made.

I asked nothing more than to be judged justly. My act didn't always play well with my audience, and the reviews (which came in the form of verdicts) often panned my performance. In the end, however, the theater company of justice decided that, cost what it may, that role would belong to me for all time, even after the production had finished its run, and no more performances were scheduled. Playing "out of character" had therefore been my way of choosing freedom.

I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater. It would would be easier if you just said porn, Scarlett said. No idea what you're talking about. But knock first if you need me.