Quotes About Theater

The Greeks believed that it was a citizen's duty to watch a play. It was a kind of work in that it required attention, judgement, patience, all the social virtues." "And the Greek were conquered by the more practical Romans, Arthur." "Indeed, the Romans built their bridges, but they also spent many centuries wishing they were Greeks. And they, after all, were conquered by the barbarians, or by their own corrupt and small spirits.

I'd forgotten how arrogant people are in the theater, I'm agreeing to starve for a year and he seems to think I should be pleased to have the part.

He [Shakespeare] was a wordsmith who loved to act and to see things from many points of view.(...) His genius lay in being able to see all sides of an argument.

Life is a drama, but Death is a reality

Life is a drama, Death is a reality.

A costume is the least convincing part of a role. It's the acting that makes or breaks you.

I started in theater; I did theater in New York for 14 years before I even thought about doing movies - I never thought about being in a film; it just never occurred to me.

I never had the desire to get in front of the camera. It never occurred to me! I always thought I'd be a theater actor.

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

It's Charley's Aunt and The Odd Couple rolled into one.

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting.

In terms of theater, I would love to go back to do theater. If I could find something for me to do that fits in with the 'Psych' off-season, I'm game. I would like to do theater where I get to act and dance.

I don't get offered many comedies.

For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times.

Theater is great because you're able to tell a narrative arc without a break. I think it's more about the material and whether what we get offered is good.

Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.

It was my dream to start my creative journey with a Marathi play, but sadly nothing materialised. So, I took up some good English plays that were offered to me.

There's not too many offers that come my way about being in a musical.

When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.

I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'

Oh my God, I love doing acting.

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning.

I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'