Quotes By Estelle Parsons

You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.

I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.

We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it.

I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

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.

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

Acting is very start and stop.

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.