Theatre Quotes - page 8

Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game are too vague or too complicated, however, the audience can lose its urge to play; the prize no longer seems quite worth the hunt. (John Lahr)
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. View quote
Jacqueline Bisset
Hollywood is a very interesting place to deal with. And having been a theatre person, I was quite surprised by the slipperiness of some people in Holly-weird. There was a part of me that just said, 'If this is the way the game is played, I'm not sure I want to play it.' View quote
Joyce DeWitt
There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines. View quote
Keeley Hawes
I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare. View quote
Kelly McGillis
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. View quote
Leon Askin
My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young. View quote
Lexa Doig
I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights. View quote
Lusia Strus
What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie. View quote
Lusia Strus
Musical theatre is my first love. View quote
Laura Benanti
The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way. (Laura Mennell)
I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre. View quote
Laurie Metcalf
Miracle at St. Anna.' I was challenged by Spike Lee. When he offered me the film, he looked me square in the eye and said, 'You start this film off and you end this film. I don't want a dry eye in the theatre. Can you pull that off?' He was dead serious. View quote
Laz Alonso
Whether you are a writer, or an actor, or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else. View quote
Lee Hall
For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. View quote
Len Cariou
I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling. View quote
Len Cariou
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone. View quote
Maggie Smith
I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts. View quote
Matthew Ashford
In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. View quote
Max von Sydow
Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders. View quote
Megan Gallagher
I don't sweat the Internet. You know, it's still something I enjoy as a movie geek myself to get on and, like, look at all the websites; however, when it comes to marketing a movie, the Internet is still not the thing that gets people to the theatre. (Michael De Luca)
I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then. View quote
Michaela Conlin
I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece. View quote
Michelle Ryan
Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free. View quote
Mike Figgis
I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film. View quote
Mike Figgis