In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices. – Irwin Shaw
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. – Laurence Olivier
Good drama must be drastic. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel
Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It’s exciting when you hit on a new way. – Fiona Shaw
It’s one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work – the night watchman. – Tallulah Bankhead
Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has bronchitis. – James agate
I have never regarded any theater as much more than the conclusion to a dinner or the prelude to a supper. – Max Beerbohm
The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich. – Will Rogers
Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn’t dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts. – Elaine Paige
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. – Alan Rickman
You need three things in the theatre – the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something. – Kenneth Haigh
A theater requires two good producers: one to produce the play, and the other to produce the cash. – Evan Esar
Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter. – G.K. Chesterton
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