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Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it. — Joyce DeWitt

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this. — Kim Cattrall

Actors are the only honest hypocrites. — William Hazlitt

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays. — Beth Henley

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether it is in the theatre or in film. — John Kander

The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room. — Jonathan Frid

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching. — Matt Bomer

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. — Jessica Raine

My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre. — Seymour Cassel

I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated. — Laura Benanti

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre. — Christopher Durang

I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience. — Rhys Ifans

You do not come to the thee-ator and it will wither your soul. (Madam Leadora Seamstress for the Royal Magnificent Theater) — Kristen Britain

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

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time. — Israel Horovitz

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it. — Harvey Fierstein

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.' — Susan Sullivan

Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry. — Mignon McLaughlin

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently. — Judith Light

You do T.V. and movies to make the money, and then you do theatre for the love of it. — Josh Hamilton

Ahmedabad is a cultured city with a rich heritage of craft and theatre. — Lillete Dubey

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence. — Cora Carmack

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race. — Miguel De Cervantes

I like the Sci Fi channel and 'Science Fiction Theatre.' I've been doing a lot of television-watching and thinking about good songs to write. — Roky Erickson

Without writers, stories would not be written,
Without actors, stories could not be brought to life. — Angie-Marie Delsante

Most people don't think of Los Angeles as a theatre town, and that you have to go to New York to be in theatre, and it's really not true. — Susan Egan

Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994 — Alec Guinness

Theatre sports is the best improv training period. — Wayne Brady

I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread. — Dexter Fletcher

The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn so much. — Peter Weir

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to. — Kelly Reilly

I like going into a school matinee. I like to be behind the stage because there's a spy-hole and what you see is the best moment in all theatre. — Susan Hill

Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer?
A: Explaining what that is. — Christy Hall

We live like latecomers at the theatre; we must catch up as best we can, dividing the beginning from the shape of later events. — Diane Setterfield

I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece. — Michelle Ryan

When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money. — Rafe Spall

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department. — Beth Henley

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. — Robert Dallek

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

I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful. — Douglas Booth

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy. — Rosalind Russell

The first time my mum and dad went to the theatre was at my drama school in third year. — Amanda Hale

Pornography is a theatre of types, never of individuals. — Susan Sontag

My parents lived, breathed, ate and slept theatre. Emotions were right on the surface. Growing up, the unreal had as much importance as the real. — Megan Follows

I have a dialect myself; it's more pronounced, because I have studied theatre and been in England. It's half-British, half-Indian. — Kunal Nayyar

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone. — Kevin Spacey

I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom. — Laura Wade

'The Hateful Eight' is like theatre. — Jennifer Jason Leigh

The secret of staying fresh in a show is to remember that the audience you're playing for that night has never seen it before. — Danny Kaye

In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights. — Simon McBurney

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men. — Katori Hall

Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances. — Victor Hugo

Bootworks' Black Box Theatre has a maximum seating capacity of two - as long as one of you is happy to sit on the other's lap. — Mal Peet

I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything. — Pippa Evans

I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. — Brenton Thwaites

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need. — Stella Adler

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too. — Pierce Brosnan

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form. — Harold Prince