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I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success Picture Quote #1

As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, ‘I want to do movies.’ Then it was finding the means to do it Picture Quote #1

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal Picture Quote #1

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I’m very happy. Because it’s the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music Picture Quote #1

One of my first jobs was doing children’s theater. I did it to get my union card Picture Quote #1

When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools for theater. I was like, ‘I’m obviously not cut out for this, so I might as well just go into film.’ Picture Quote #1

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I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home Picture Quote #1

With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it’s more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time Picture Quote #1

I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it’s addictive Picture Quote #1

The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months Picture Quote #1

You have to make entertaining movies. But like a good meal, it’s nice to have a little food for thought after you walk out of the theater rather than just wiling away a couple of hours Picture Quote #1

I’ve always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we’re in, and forget everything else Picture Quote #1

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Don’t forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn’t really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore Picture Quote #1

I think whatever art form you’re in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you and how the art form has changed or not changed and to learn from the greats Picture Quote #1

I did ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ in the theater and found it to be riotously funny Picture Quote #1

Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The simulation confuses the idea of a truth. I’ve always been interested in this kind of theater and illusion at the foundation of belief Picture Quote #1

The first seven years of my life, me, my mom and dad and my four older siblings lived in a suburb of Stockholm, and my mom was very active with directing theater. So I basically grew up at the theater on the floors of the shows, so I was really surrounded with music at a young age Picture Quote #1

I was a total theater geek in high school, no question. I was cast in ‘Godspell’ freshman year - with Vanessa Williams, by the way. She and I are still friends. We went to high school together Picture Quote #1

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I write for a radio show that, no matter what, will go on the air Saturday at five o’clock central time. You learn to write toward that deadline, to let the adrenaline pick you up on Friday morning and carry you through, to cook up a monologue about Lake Wobegon and get to the theater on time Picture Quote #1

I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who had moved out to Chicago and had said really good things about it and about the work. I didn’t care at that time about making money Picture Quote #1

My husband and I oddly have worked together a couple of times. We did a ‘Veronica Mars’ episode together. We didn’t work together, but we were both in ‘Ghost World.’ We had a theater company in L.A., for a bunch of years. So, we’ve worked together a fair amount, and it’s always just great fun Picture Quote #1

It’s funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time Picture Quote #1

What’s funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just amazed by it. I just said, ‘Hey Mom, can I do this too?’ And so she signed me up for little theater classes, and I remember my first audition for a play when I was seven years old was for ‘The Thankful Elf.’ Picture Quote #1

I always wanted to experience what performance would be like without the fourth wall, so I formed a company in Australia, and we did avant-garde theater, playing with gender norms, conversations about race - we just had a box of issues that we wanted to subvert with our stories, with dance Picture Quote #1

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I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people that the first light I saw was in a movie theater, because the sun was just a little glow Picture Quote #1

My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers Picture Quote #1

I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. When I first came back to the theater, and I was suddenly doing eight shows a week again for three or four months, I had to find a new reason to do it Picture Quote #1

I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there’s more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy Picture Quote #1

Film and stage are very different; I don’t necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be Picture Quote #1

Killer Joe’ was originally written in 1991 and first produced in 93 at the Next Theater’s Lab - a 40 seat black box theater in Evanston, Illinois - back when I was getting started. I was just 25 and I had been acting for awhile, but it was my first play and the one that really got me noticed, especially by Steppenwolf Picture Quote #1

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I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success. (Theater Quotes) As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, ‘I want to do movies.’ Then it was finding the means to do it. (Theater Quotes) I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal (Theater Quotes) When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I’m very happy. Because it’s the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music. (Theater Quotes) One of my first jobs was doing children’s theater. I did it to get my union card. (Theater Quotes) When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools for theater. I was like, ‘I’m obviously not cut out for this, so I might as well just go into film.’ (Theater Quotes) I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home. (Theater Quotes) With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it’s more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time. (Theater Quotes) I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it’s addictive. (Theater Quotes) The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months. (Theater Quotes) You have to make entertaining movies. But like a good meal, it’s nice to have a little food for thought after you walk out of the theater rather than just wiling away a couple of hours. (Theater Quotes) I’ve always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we’re in, and forget everything else. (Theater Quotes) Don’t forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn’t really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore. (Theater Quotes) I think whatever art form you’re in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you and how the art form has changed or not changed and to learn from the greats. (Theater Quotes) I did ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ in the theater and found it to be riotously funny (Theater Quotes) Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The simulation confuses the idea of a truth. I’ve always been interested in this kind of theater and illusion at the foundation of belief. (Theater Quotes) The first seven years of my life, me, my mom and dad and my four older siblings lived in a suburb of Stockholm, and my mom was very active with directing theater. So I basically grew up at the theater on the floors of the shows, so I was really surrounded with music at a young age. (Theater Quotes) I was a total theater geek in high school, no question. I was cast in ‘Godspell’ freshman year - with Vanessa Williams, by the way. She and I are still friends. We went to high school together. (Theater Quotes) I write for a radio show that, no matter what, will go on the air Saturday at five o’clock central time. You learn to write toward that deadline, to let the adrenaline pick you up on Friday morning and carry you through, to cook up a monologue about Lake Wobegon and get to the theater on time. (Theater Quotes) I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who had moved out to Chicago and had said really good things about it and about the work. I didn’t care at that time about making money. (Theater Quotes) My husband and I oddly have worked together a couple of times. We did a ‘Veronica Mars’ episode together. We didn’t work together, but we were both in ‘Ghost World.’ We had a theater company in L.A., for a bunch of years. So, we’ve worked together a fair amount, and it’s always just great fun. (Theater Quotes) It’s funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time. (Theater Quotes) What’s funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just amazed by it. I just said, ‘Hey Mom, can I do this too?’ And so she signed me up for little theater classes, and I remember my first audition for a play when I was seven years old was for ‘The Thankful Elf.’ (Theater Quotes) I always wanted to experience what performance would be like without the fourth wall, so I formed a company in Australia, and we did avant-garde theater, playing with gender norms, conversations about race - we just had a box of issues that we wanted to subvert with our stories, with dance. (Theater Quotes) I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people that the first light I saw was in a movie theater, because the sun was just a little glow. (Theater Quotes) My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers. (Theater Quotes) I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. When I first came back to the theater, and I was suddenly doing eight shows a week again for three or four months, I had to find a new reason to do it. (Theater Quotes) I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there’s more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy. (Theater Quotes) Film and stage are very different; I don’t necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be. (Theater Quotes) Killer Joe’ was originally written in 1991 and first produced in 93 at the Next Theater’s Lab - a 40 seat black box theater in Evanston, Illinois - back when I was getting started. I was just 25 and I had been acting for awhile, but it was my first play and the one that really got me noticed, especially by Steppenwolf. (Theater Quotes)

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