Quotes About Theatre

I felt like a theatre-goer trapped in the middle of a long second act who hears, outside, a fire engine howling past in the direction of his own house.

I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch.

It is exhausting to be giving one's all in the theatre, my first duty is to my paying public, of course!

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.

I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation for me to talk about race because it's not normal for a black writer to be writing in the theatre.

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

I have learnt a lot about theatre, and I would like to know the same about film.

As an actor, if you have done theatre, the magic of it never leaves you.

I can't imagine leaving the theatre altogether. My dressing room has become a home from home.

If my life hadn't itself been a modern adaptation of 'Les Atrides,' I probably would never have left the theatre.

Theatre contributes in the growth of an actor and lets one know the real worth of acting.

If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer.

There's little money in theatre.

Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are performing in front of a live audience.

Artificial intelligence is taking over a lot of things. Jobs are going to go but artists and theatre are not going anywhere because it is live performance.

I don't think there are roles that would attract me to do a long run in the theatre.

I just loved playing the mean girl. When you're not like a character, it's kind of fun to play.

I was an usher at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. You had to watch whatever play they had on 40 times.

You need to be able to maintain a healthy voice and fit body to be able to give performances in a big theatre night after night.

I watched a lot of games in the Theatre of Dreams and of Manchester United on television.

How can I preach Dissolution? he said. How can I not believe in the gods when I have seen them for myself? That's a question you certainly should be asking, Chrestomanci croaked. Go down to Theare and ask it. Thasper nodded and turned to go. Chrestomanci leaned towards him and said from behind his handkerchief, Ask yourself this too: Can the gods catch flu? I think I may have given it to all of them. Find out and let me know, there's a good chap.

I don't know how familiar you are with the Venetian audience, but the most complimentary thing that can be said of them is that they are dogs. They don't go to the theatre to listen to music or hear beautiful singing; they go to wear their new clothes and be seen in them by their friends, and those friends are there for the same reasons.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America.