Theatre Quotes

It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century.

I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no!

Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic.

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college.

I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.

I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.

Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.

I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.

I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be.

First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of coming over here as some kind of big shot. It's been a learning experience for me too.

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist.

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre.