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Theater Quotes

The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story’s going to end and how it’s going to go. But on television nobody knows what’s going to happen, even the writers Picture Quote #1

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don’t get beyond it unless they work in the theater Picture Quote #1

A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn’t know that because you’re taking out the things that don’t work. There’s no comparison to the theater because it’s live. But making a movie is just as challenging and exciting, I find. A movie is pure process. The theater is the result of process Picture Quote #1

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn’t used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage Picture Quote #1

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don’t like to always do the same thing Picture Quote #1

I love live theater. I get my rocks off by doing stand-up, and I am the only actor. But to show up eight times a week and not have that time for myself; to do someone else’s lines? When I work for Wendy Wasserstein or Terrence McNally, Neil Simon or even Shakespeare, I do not have the right to change the lines Picture Quote #1

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My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn’t changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise Picture Quote #1

I started off at the Second City in Chicago... It’s an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn’t. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren’t all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime Picture Quote #1

Pretty much, the writer’s in charge in theater. Of course you’re in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don’t have to take them. In Hollywood you take them and you cash your check and that’s your job. It’s very different Picture Quote #1

I went to college at University of South Carolina and dropped out of chemistry, and to fill a class, the only spot they had left was a theater class. It was so annoying, but I took it and then I thought it was the greatest thing; the most socially creative. I dropped out of school immediately and moved to New York to start acting. I was 19 Picture Quote #1

I was the illegitimate child of the legitimate theater. I had no training. I came from downtown rock and roll, and when I came in and auditioned for the Broadway revival of ‘Hair,’ I had no eyebrows - kind of a Bowie-esque glimmer kid. And it was hard representing the flower power era when we were stone cold punks Picture Quote #1

Growing up I was involved in children’s theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer Picture Quote #1

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We’re part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater Picture Quote #1

I would love to do theater. But I am very picky when choosing theater. I just won’t do anything Picture Quote #1

Seeing the road show of ‘A Chorus Line’ in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York Picture Quote #1

I’m from San Diego. My parents weren’t involved in theater, but my mother encouraged my interest in it. She bought me the cassette tape to ‘A Chorus Line’ and she took me and a friend out of school one day and drove us up to L.A. for a matinee. Afterward, we ate in the cafeteria. I was in junior high school. She saw the direction I was going in Picture Quote #1

The theater business is very much about Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you’ll play our piece of crap in April Picture Quote #1

I think that there’s a very lucid side in cinema: entering a theater and seeing the film Picture Quote #1

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When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel Picture Quote #1

I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I’m like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater Picture Quote #1

One of my favorite things about Tom Waits is not only his songs, but when he does do live shows, it’s the theatrics involved. It’s like Kabuki theater, really old-fashioned theatrics. Like, standing on top of a piece of plywood lying on some cinderblocks and clapping his hands, banging on a bucket Picture Quote #1

London has such an unbelievable respect for theater, where L.A. does not. You go to a play here, and the dude next to you is sleeping. In London, if you’re not in your seat when it starts, they lock the door. In Los Angeles, you can stroll into school late with a cup of coffee. In London, you get your butt to class on time Picture Quote #1

Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you’re offered. If you’re big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there are exceptions. Clint Eastwood and James Arness carved out niches for themselves in Westerns. I just hope I won’t be faced with doing ‘Li’l Abner’ in dinner theater for the rest of my career Picture Quote #1

We went to a very small high school. It was, like, in a wooded house; it was a weird school. I hung out with a lot of guys in high school, and I did theater with a few of my close girlfriends Picture Quote #1

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And so I’ve always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business Picture Quote #1

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a ‘Newsweek’ article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running Picture Quote #1

So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I’d graduated Julliard and done some theater. I’ve done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little ‘E.R.’ back when it was on, and a pilot for ‘Cold Case.’ Picture Quote #1

We’re trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you’re interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It’s gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys Picture Quote #1

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera Picture Quote #1

I didn’t do improv in college, I never performed, I didn’t do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major Picture Quote #1

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The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story’s going to end and how it’s going to go. But on television nobody knows what’s going to happen, even the writers. (Theater Quotes) Film actors reach a certain level, but they don’t get beyond it unless they work in the theater. (Theater Quotes) A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn’t know that because you’re taking out the things that don’t work. There’s no comparison to the theater because it’s live. But making a movie is just as challenging and exciting, I find. A movie is pure process. The theater is the result of process. (Theater Quotes) Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn’t used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage. (Theater Quotes) Theater actors like to change character roles. They don’t like to always do the same thing. (Theater Quotes) I love live theater. I get my rocks off by doing stand-up, and I am the only actor. But to show up eight times a week and not have that time for myself; to do someone else’s lines? When I work for Wendy Wasserstein or Terrence McNally, Neil Simon or even Shakespeare, I do not have the right to change the lines. (Theater Quotes) My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn’t changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise. (Theater Quotes) I started off at the Second City in Chicago... It’s an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn’t. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren’t all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime. (Theater Quotes) Pretty much, the writer’s in charge in theater. Of course you’re in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don’t have to take them. In Hollywood you take them and you cash your check and that’s your job. It’s very different. (Theater Quotes) I went to college at University of South Carolina and dropped out of chemistry, and to fill a class, the only spot they had left was a theater class. It was so annoying, but I took it and then I thought it was the greatest thing; the most socially creative. I dropped out of school immediately and moved to New York to start acting. I was 19. (Theater Quotes) I was the illegitimate child of the legitimate theater. I had no training. I came from downtown rock and roll, and when I came in and auditioned for the Broadway revival of ‘Hair,’ I had no eyebrows - kind of a Bowie-esque glimmer kid. And it was hard representing the flower power era when we were stone cold punks. (Theater Quotes) Growing up I was involved in children’s theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer. (Theater Quotes) We’re part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater. (Theater Quotes) I would love to do theater. But I am very picky when choosing theater. I just won’t do anything. (Theater Quotes) Seeing the road show of ‘A Chorus Line’ in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York. (Theater Quotes) I’m from San Diego. My parents weren’t involved in theater, but my mother encouraged my interest in it. She bought me the cassette tape to ‘A Chorus Line’ and she took me and a friend out of school one day and drove us up to L.A. for a matinee. Afterward, we ate in the cafeteria. I was in junior high school. She saw the direction I was going in. (Theater Quotes) The theater business is very much about Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you’ll play our piece of crap in April. (Theater Quotes) I think that there’s a very lucid side in cinema: entering a theater and seeing the film (Theater Quotes) When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel. (Theater Quotes) I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I’m like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater. (Theater Quotes) One of my favorite things about Tom Waits is not only his songs, but when he does do live shows, it’s the theatrics involved. It’s like Kabuki theater, really old-fashioned theatrics. Like, standing on top of a piece of plywood lying on some cinderblocks and clapping his hands, banging on a bucket. (Theater Quotes) London has such an unbelievable respect for theater, where L.A. does not. You go to a play here, and the dude next to you is sleeping. In London, if you’re not in your seat when it starts, they lock the door. In Los Angeles, you can stroll into school late with a cup of coffee. In London, you get your butt to class on time. (Theater Quotes) Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you’re offered. If you’re big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there are exceptions. Clint Eastwood and James Arness carved out niches for themselves in Westerns. I just hope I won’t be faced with doing ‘Li’l Abner’ in dinner theater for the rest of my career. (Theater Quotes) We went to a very small high school. It was, like, in a wooded house; it was a weird school. I hung out with a lot of guys in high school, and I did theater with a few of my close girlfriends. (Theater Quotes) And so I’ve always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business. (Theater Quotes) I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a ‘Newsweek’ article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running. (Theater Quotes) So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I’d graduated Julliard and done some theater. I’ve done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little ‘E.R.’ back when it was on, and a pilot for ‘Cold Case.’ (Theater Quotes) We’re trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you’re interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It’s gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys. (Theater Quotes) My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera (Theater Quotes) I didn’t do improv in college, I never performed, I didn’t do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. (Theater Quotes)

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