A talented trumpeter who toots his own horn winds
up playing to an empty theatre. A talented
trumpeter who lets others recognize his talent
winds up a legend.
- Lisa Edmondson
I have no intention of uttering my last words on
the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved
young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.
- Peter O'Toole
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his
lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
- Rod Serling
"theater is life,
film is art,
television is furniture."
-unknown
I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an
actor so I simply act confident every time I hit
the stage. I am consumed with the fear of failing.
Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made
all my dreams come true.
- Arsenio Hall
actor
How quick bright things come to confusion.
- A Midsummer Nights Dream
Movie
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but
that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected
you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer,
that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's
important for actors to appreciate that. Too
often actors think it's all about them, when in
reality it's all about the audience being able to
recognize themselves in you. The more you pull
away from the public, the less power you have on
screen.
- Ben Kingsley
All the world's a stage. Some of us just have
better seats.
- Unknown
The illusion of freedom in America will continue
as long as it's profitable to continue the
illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes
too expensive to maintain, they will just take
down the scenery, they will pull back the
curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out
of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the
back of the theatre.
- Frank Zappa, 1977
My bearing was a blend of assurance and
professional vivacity; the fact that my bowels
were as water I hope was not apparent to anybody.
- Noel Coward
on auditions in Present Indicative
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of
appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week
without going stark staring mad. You've got to be
in control.
- Noel Coward
Remember you are a star. Never go across the alley
even to dump garbage unless you are dressed to the
teeth.
- Cecil B. de Mille
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all
the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
- Oscar Wilde
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
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a
solitary one.
- Robert Brustein
