Theater Quotes - Page 8

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star.

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not.

I was never interested in anything, particularly. I didn't get through school. I was a layabout. So, I started working at a theater to earn some money, as a part-time job.

I don't like to go to theaters, because I don't like the way most people behave in theaters.

Thank God for the theater.

I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good.

The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.

Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?

When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

I come from a traditional theater background.

Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

I'm always in the theater seeing everything, good or bad.

When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating!

As soon as there are 200 people in a theater watching me, I get really scared.

I account this world a tedious theater, For I do play a part in 't 'gainst my will.

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad.

Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre.

Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same.

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.

It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.