Quotes About Theater

El mundo exterior existe como un actor en un escenario: está allí pero es otra cosa.

O mundo exterior existe como um ator num palco: está lá mas é outra coisa.

I am a Florenz Ziegfeld fanatic.

One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play.

There are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity to play Broadway because they're not a name, and I think that's kind of wrong.

There are some fantastic parts for older actors.

For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.

I grew up on such a small island, and professional theater seemed so far away. I never, ever thought I'd get so lucky to be appearing in movies.

I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.

I know people say plays are only an evening's entertainment. But you can make it mean a lot to the audience, even a farce or comedy.

Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.

I'm fascinated by movies and enjoy that, of course, but always, the measure of how you are functioning in the arts was theater.

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.

If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.

Get ready for 'Les Mis 2'... I'm playing 'Fat Cosette.'

Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.

I love to cook; I love to bake. It's, like, my favorite thing besides acting.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

'My character wouldn't do that.' That was always my favorite thing people say: 'My character wouldn't do that.' I said, 'Well, it says right here in this script your character does that.'

I'm a broadway girl, so anytime someone would sing my entrance music, that was probably my absolute favorite thing.

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek' article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running.