930 Theatre Quotes for You to Enjoy

People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play. Sushant Singh Rajput

Time Theatre People Free Assume Films Make Sure Whenever Working Actor Play Watch

Coming from the theatre, I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns, and I get to be a princess or someone from the 1920s, or I get to wear showgirl costumes. I'm used to wearing a wardrobe that changes how I feel. It's a bit of an outside-in approach - so often, the clothing can reveal so much about a character. Sutton Foster

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As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the National Theatre, that's who you play to. It's not money - it's good to get some, but that's not why I do it. You do it because you have to, to tell a story. Sylvester McCoy

I quite enjoy fame, especially when you go to conventions in America where they treat you like a god with stretch limos and the whole fame thing, but then when you come back to Britain, you end up changing in a toilet in a theatre off West End and that's really good, because that is what it's about. Sylvester McCoy

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As far as I'm concerned, Cate Blanchett is a goddess, but she's really down to earth. She's got all those Oscars, she's made all those amazing films and she could spend her whole life doing that, but what does she also do? She gives birth to three boys and creates her own theatre in Sydney. Sylvester McCoy

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Variety has always been in my mind: to do something totally different. I've had a parallel career since the beginning. On one track, the TV and film, the other, theatre, but they never crossed. Sylvester McCoy

I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down. Tamara Tunie

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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal. Tamsin Greig

Time Theatre Meal Proper No Time

If I don't do a bit of theatre at least once a year, I feel depleted and starved. Tamzin Outhwaite

Theatre Year Starved Once Once A Year Bit Feel Least Depleted

I'm sad about my theatre career, but I've also fallen a bit in love with TV! Tanya Saracho

Sad Love Theatre Bit TV About Also Fallen Career

Often, when you go to the movies or the theatre, you think, Jesus Christ, everybody is white. But my daughter goes to an amazing dance school called Ballet Black, and they have every colour: dark, white, mixed. It looks like the future to me. Thandie Newton

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What's crucial in a High Street store is a compelling reason for people to shop there. Shops must offer excellent customer service - and 'theatre' is a must. Theo Paphitis

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An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.' Theodore Bikel

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I sincerely believe that for the New York theatre to remain relevant, all our major producing institutions should be presenting new American plays. Theresa Rebeck

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Is the American theatre allowing itself to become irrelevant? The problem isn't that playwrights aren't being paid enough. It's that theatres all over America are looking towards New York to tell them what new plays to do. Theresa Rebeck

I think that one of the beautiful things about theatre - and a place like 'Powerhouse' - is that who you are is informing your work. There's actually no separation from that. Thomas Kail

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I don't love the theatre. I'm just not one of them. Tilda Swinton

Love Theatre Just Them

Unease is not an emotion I get often in the theatre, and I like it. Tim Crouch

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What I've created comedically owes a lot to my ignorance of comedy and love of making theatre stuff. Tim Minchin

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