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I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue. Jennifer Sky

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I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good reviews - you believe that and you're lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that's true and you read that and you're lost. Jenny Agutter

Having done film, TV and theatre, the nicest final bit of the jigsaw is to do live comedy, because you can talk to the audience. It feels really natural to be able to laugh with them, but at the same time still be within the framework of a play. Jessie Cave

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I did an internship at the Ardent theatre company in Philly after dropping out of college. I was earning $165 a week building sets and cleaning the toilets. Cleaning toilets is a good way of getting in touch with your creativity. That's when you find out if you got anything going on in your head. Jill Scott

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A career in the theatre demands so much commitment. Jim Dale

Commitment Theatre Demands Much Career

Being in TV, we get to do it again and again until it's 'right.' There's a part of me that likes the other way, that aspect of theatre where there's no chance to go back. Jim Parsons

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I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre. Jimmi Simpson

Theatre Community Pretty Only New Got Doing Lot Did York New York Agent Then Much Found Things Started

There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later. Jimmi Simpson

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I live in Los Angeles where there is not that much in the way of theatre, so the La Jolla Playhouse is pretty much the only place that is on my radar, and when they have something going on, and I am available, I will certainly go in. Jimmi Simpson

When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and no money. Joan Allen

Theatre Money Old First Had Steppenwolf Years Theater Company Basement

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money. Joan Collins

All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the readers that Masterpiece Theatre has undoubtedly brought me. Joanna Trollope

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I used to sing when I was into local theatre but gave it up to concentrate on dance. Jodie Comer

Theatre Dance Gave Local Concentrate Sing Up Used

When I first started acting, I was actually working with the National Youth Theatre in London doing anti-knife crime workshops, so I was listening to a lot of music that was around us all the time, around the guys I was working with, and the kids - lots of young grime artists from London. Joe Cole

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much. Joe Morton

Love Theatre Doing Just Just As Much Loved Movies Much

Film has become a very passive experience, but with theatre, there is a contract made with the audience, where they participate. That's why my parents' puppet theatre was such a special place - people used their imaginations. It's a muscle that needs using. Joe Wright

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My first album, 'Englaborn,' was based on music originally written for the theatre. My solo albums, like 'IBM 1401, a User's Manual' and 'Fordlandia,' have also had narratives attached to them. Johann Johannsson

Music Theatre First Solo Attached Had Written Like Also Narratives Them Manual User Originally Based Album Albums

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting. John Boyega

Theatre Plenty About Had Acting Lessons Film Film Acting

The think that we hung the film version all on was 'Hedwig' on tour. On stage, it's one theatre, one show. It just seemed natural to change it. In the film, we were able to go to flashback rather than have her talk to the audience. And we had the play to practice and to see where we had made mistakes. John Cameron Mitchell

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