Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.
We do a lot of shows for young people who have probably never been to the theater before and they are learning about the Holocaust, which unhappily, many of them do not know about.
I lost 100 pounds and embraced theater and music as what I was going to make for the rest of my life.
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.
The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.
A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater.
I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater.
People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.
Maybe for others it was difficult to find a role that suited my type. But I never thought of myself as a type. I really thought I could play anything, quite frankly. And I have. Especially in the theater, which is where I came from. And I may go back to soon, as a matter of fact. To Broadway.
Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.
I love theater. Just, it never spoke to me.
There's theater in life, obviously, and there's life in theater.
I think one of the things that makes theater special is first of all, it's one of the last places you put your phone away. And second of all, it's one of the last places where we all have a common experience together.
For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.
I like to leave the movie theater and still be thinking about the film and questioning why the character did that.
Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.
The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of the theatre.
Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash.