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Repertory Quotes

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head Picture Quote #1

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory Picture Quote #1

I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in Picture Quote #1

If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her own repertory of gestures. Arithmetically, it is simply impossible. Without the slightest doubt, there are far fewer gestures in the world than there are individuals. That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion: a gesture is more individual than an individual. We could put it in the form of an aphorism: many people, few gestures Picture Quote #1

I’m beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things Picture Quote #1

Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers Picture Quote #1

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Between New York and L.A., and all of us who are actors, I feel like we’re just one big, cast repertory company, all running back and forth between the coasts and between different shows. There is a wealth of great character actors, who show up, here and there, on different shows. I love the fact that we’re allowed to do that Picture Quote #1

Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such as Spanish. Religion may not be as indispensable, but the humanities should be a part of our repertory. They may not enrich our wallets, but they do enrich our lives. They civilize us. They provide context Picture Quote #1

Ballet in September used to be dead as a dodo. Now, with City Ballet’s ingenious decision to give us four weeks of repertory in the early fall, having cut down on the relentlessly long spring season when dancers, critics and audiences droop on the vine, we wake up after the dog days of August with something to look at Picture Quote #1

During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods Picture Quote #1

Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we used to call repertory or stock, playing a whole bunch of different roles Picture Quote #1

When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was one of the founders of the company, and she told my mom that there were these auditions for ‘The King and I,’ and that they needed kids. I auditioned, got in and the love affair started from there and just kept going Picture Quote #1

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In 1969, I wrote a musical called ‘Mother Earth.’ It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater Picture Quote #1

The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ and no ballet is harder to get right Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because of my deep voice, shape and height, I was playing 40-year-old, 50-year-old roles at the age of 23 Picture Quote #1

Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew Picture Quote #1

During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods Picture Quote #1

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people Picture Quote #1

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Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them Picture Quote #1

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette Picture Quote #1

Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond Picture Quote #1

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch Picture Quote #1

I’ve written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music. Most of the repertory is love songs, and most of mine isn’t. I don’t know if that’s a mental defect, or shyness, or what Picture Quote #1

I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren’t able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It’s really tough on young actors now Picture Quote #1

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Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy Picture Quote #1

I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes Picture Quote #1

I’m beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things Picture Quote #1

I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company Picture Quote #1

I come out of repertory theatre so I’ve been working under pressure my whole career Picture Quote #1

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Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head (Repertory Quotes) I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory (Repertory Quotes) I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in (Repertory Quotes) If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her own repertory of gestures. Arithmetically, it is simply impossible. Without the slightest doubt, there are far fewer gestures in the world than there are individuals. That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion: a gesture is more individual than an individual. We could put it in the form of an aphorism: many people, few gestures (Repertory Quotes) I’m beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things. (Repertory Quotes) Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. (Repertory Quotes) Between New York and L.A., and all of us who are actors, I feel like we’re just one big, cast repertory company, all running back and forth between the coasts and between different shows. There is a wealth of great character actors, who show up, here and there, on different shows. I love the fact that we’re allowed to do that. (Repertory Quotes) Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such as Spanish. Religion may not be as indispensable, but the humanities should be a part of our repertory. They may not enrich our wallets, but they do enrich our lives. They civilize us. They provide context. (Repertory Quotes) Ballet in September used to be dead as a dodo. Now, with City Ballet’s ingenious decision to give us four weeks of repertory in the early fall, having cut down on the relentlessly long spring season when dancers, critics and audiences droop on the vine, we wake up after the dog days of August with something to look at. (Repertory Quotes) During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods. (Repertory Quotes) Well oddly enough, I liken the years at MGM, and I was there for about eight years, to doing stock, what we used to call repertory or stock, playing a whole bunch of different roles. (Repertory Quotes) When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was one of the founders of the company, and she told my mom that there were these auditions for ‘The King and I,’ and that they needed kids. I auditioned, got in and the love affair started from there and just kept going. (Repertory Quotes) In 1969, I wrote a musical called ‘Mother Earth.’ It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater. (Repertory Quotes) The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ and no ballet is harder to get right. (Repertory Quotes) I’ve always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because of my deep voice, shape and height, I was playing 40-year-old, 50-year-old roles at the age of 23. (Repertory Quotes) Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew (Repertory Quotes) During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods (Repertory Quotes) I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people (Repertory Quotes) Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them (Repertory Quotes) Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette (Repertory Quotes) Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond (Repertory Quotes) The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch (Repertory Quotes) I’ve written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music. Most of the repertory is love songs, and most of mine isn’t. I don’t know if that’s a mental defect, or shyness, or what (Repertory Quotes) I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren’t able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It’s really tough on young actors now (Repertory Quotes) Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy (Repertory Quotes) I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes (Repertory Quotes) I’m beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things (Repertory Quotes) I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company (Repertory Quotes) I come out of repertory theatre so I’ve been working under pressure my whole career (Repertory Quotes)