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In the theater, I could envision myself as wonderful because of the audience response to my lines. Eve Arden

Myself Wonderful Response Could Envision Because Audience Lines Theater

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. Eve Best

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We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act. Eydie Gorme

First Schubert Were Years Theater Act Two

The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience. F. Sionil Jose

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Cary Grant was wonderful to work with on stage. He would move downstage, so that as he looked at me the audience had to look at me, too. He knew a lot about the theater and how to move around. He was very secure. Fay Wray

I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin. Fergie

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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.' Finn Wittrock

I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company. Fiona Gubelmann

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Theater dates very quickly. Fiona Shaw

Dates Very Quickly Theater

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing. Fiona Shaw

Cork Performing Still Lot Did Theater Professional

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it. Fiona Shaw

Seriously Loathe Bored Take Theater

I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it on something real. I think that whatever I create becomes the reality for the audience. Frances McDormand

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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters. Frances McDormand

Work Characters Three-Dimensional More Had Theater Much

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies. Francis Ford Coppola

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I started out years ago as a theater major and got disillusioned with it. It's a rough business. Frank Silva

Business Out Major Got Years Years Ago Disillusioned Theater Rough Started

I was pre-med in college, and so since a lot of people take a year off before they go to med school, I decided to take the time to pursue theater - six months later, I was on Broadway. Frankie Grande

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One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card. Frankie J. Alvarez

First Jobs Doing Get Did Children Theater Union Card

My dad was very religious growing up and a little bit closed minded, and I think me being in the theater, two of my three sisters are dancers, so being in the arts world has changed and opened him up in a lot of ways. Frankie J. Alvarez

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If something seems like a little venue, don't treat it like that. Do it all. If you're sort of wondering why you're doing something at some location, just do it - any size theater, production, or whatever. It's all helpful. Fred Armisen

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