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Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me it's something that theatre can do, but it's rare; it's very rare.

People never know how strong is their lust for being cheated.

I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

Artaud sought to remove aesthetic distance, bringing the audience into direct contact with the dangers of life. By turning theatre into a place where the spectator is exposed rather than protected, Artaud was committing an act of cruelty upon them.

Pre-heat the oven? Really? If I was the sort of person who planned ahead, I wouldn't be eating this Totino's Party Pizza in the first place.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself.

Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

In the future, bands are going to have to offer more than a pop show. They are going to have to an offer a well presented theatre show

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them.

Become good at cheating and you never need to become good at anything else.

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.

She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air.

There is no more reason for a room on a stage to be a reproduction of an actual room than for an actor who plays the part of Napoleon to be Napoleon, or for an actor who plays Death in the old morality play to be dead.

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.

There are two impulses in theatre: to be frivolous or to make rules.

I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.

Theatre for a New Audience is one of America's most admirable and exciting theatre companites...some of the best acted and directed work to be found on American stages, engaging with the canon of world dramatic literature in a vigorous way.

There are two types of racers- cheaters and losers.