Theater quotes

“I really miss the rehearsal process of theater.”
Kurtwood Smith

“Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.”
Laurie Metcalf

“I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.”
Laurie Metcalf

“I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion.”
Wayne Knight

“Theater has always been most important to my psyche.”
Bill Pullman

“It's nice to do rehearsals. But it's with an audience that you get to love it!”
Jeffrey Tambor

“You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater.”
Charles Durning

“Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.”
Paul Rudd

“In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters.”
Tchéky Karyo

“It's not that I'm sick of the theater, don't get me wrong. I'm just tired of the commitment.”
Richard Griffiths

“The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.”
John Patrick Shanley

“Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing.”
Mark Waters

“In college, I stopped doing pre-med and went into theater, and then I moved to San Francisco and lived there for five years.”
Mark Waters

“Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.”
Jonathan Demme

- Mary: Well, the only other thing at the moment is a new musical that the RSC are doing.
- Dexter King: Er, what's it about?
- Mary: The Elephant Man.
- Dexter King: A musical of the Elephant Man? What's it called?
- Mary: "Elephant", I think - with an exclamation mark presumably.
- Dexter King: Pity the poor bastard who has to play the... (continue)(continue reading)
Anna Massey - Mary
Jeff Goldblum - Dexter King

“He wrote plays. Plays? You know, like TV without the box.”

Danny DeVito - Bill Rago

“I would stay asleep my whole life, if I could dream myself into a company of players.”
Gwyneth Paltrow - Viola De Lesseps

“- Susie: [angry that Beth has invited Steve to take part in the talent show] Beth, I may regret saying this, but how dare you usurp my authority as producer...
- Ben: Hmph!
- Susie: ...director-slash-choreographer of the talent show. I need you to know I have been busting my balls, woman! I am telling you, the musical numbers are a mess, my kids...” (continue)(continue reading)
Amy Pohler - Susie
Bradley Cooper - Ben

“- Daisy: I'm returning to the theatre.
- George Lass: Returning? I thought you only did movies.
- Daisy: What's the difference?
- George Lass: A live audience.”
Sarah Wynter - Daisy
Ellen Muth - George Lass

“This will be your home - where I can find you always! To me, you are a belonging. We will tour the world: Paris, London, Monte Carlo, Constantinopolee. We start tonight! You will make lots of money... for me! And when you are growing too old, you will make good firewood!”

Charles Judels - Stromboli

“- Jules: Is that the Opera House?
- Alba: No, that's my ass.”

Frédéric Andréi - Jules
Thuy An Luu - Alba

“- Beverly Franco: How can I help you?
- Buck O'Brien: Um, do you put on plays here, and people come and see 'em?
- Beverly Franco: Well, this is a theater.”
Lupe Ontiveros - Beverly Franco
Mike White - Buck O'Brien

“- Lloyd Fellowes: Think of the first night as the dress rehearsal. If we can just get through the play once tonight - for doors and sardines. That's what it's all about, doors and sardines. Getting on, getting off. Getting the sardines on, getting the sardines off. That's farce. That's - that's the theatre. That's life.
- Belinda Blair: God,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Michael Caine - Lloyd Fellowes
Marilu Henner - Belinda Blair

“I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free. And I don't see movies 'cause they're trash, and they got nothin' but naked people in 'em! And I don't read books, 'cause if they're any good, they're gonna make 'em into a miniseries.”
Shirley MacLaine - Ouiser Boudreaux

“- Carl Denham: I keep telling you, Jack, there's no money in theater. That's why you should stick with film.
- Jack Driscoll: No Carl, it's not about the money. I love theater.
- Carl Denham: No you don't. If you really loved it, you would've jumped.”

Jack Black - Carl Denham
Adrien Brody - Jack Driscoll