Quotes by Theatre I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage. A. J. McLean theatre musical and-love I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas. Abi Morgan theatre ideas thinking Increasingly I think of poetry as a theatre of voices, not as coming from a single "I" or from any one position. I want to imagine voices different from my own. Adrienne Rich theatre voice thinking All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres. Ai Weiwei china theatre shows I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far. Ajay Naidu paint definitions theatre For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film. Akira Kurosawa cinema theatre together What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare? Al Pacino theatre Plays by Alan Ayckbourn have been attracting larger audiences in the regional theatres than those of Shakespeare. Alan Ayckbourn audience theatre play I think the writer's quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who, besides being the director, is also director of the National Theatre is, I'd have thought, slightly more risky. Alan Bennett theatre directors thinking Scottish Theatre's greatest success story of recent times. Alan Chadwick scottish theatre stories I was so scared of going back to the theatre after Hamlet. I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid of the power of it. Alan Cumming scared theatre play Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism. Alan Jay Lerner coughing theatre criticism Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. Alan Rickman nerves theatre acting I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre! Alan Rickman news theatre experts Now things on TV are every bit as good or better than what you find in movie theatres. Alan Ruck theatre Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre? Alanis Morissette like-me quality theatre To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life. Albert Finney theatre character memories An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents. Alec Guinness theatre heaven two Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994 Alec Guinness villa theatre years Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if only he'll not dismiss them as beneath his dignity. If I can work it up into a talk I might call it, 'Only a cough and a spit ' -the phrase so often used by actors to explain away a lack of opportunity. Alec Guinness theatre actors opportunity 1234567891011»