#theatre

I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#best #directing #experience #films #good

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#artist #body #concerts #despite #disapprove

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#choosing #down #family #new #other

The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#completely #different #different attitude #doing #five

In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all. ↗

— Judi Dench

#change #change things #control #day #ever

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#being #different #film #film actor #theatre

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business! ↗

— David Geffen

#being #business #cbs #even #hired

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#men #mingled #pit #place #tears

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! ↗

— William Blake

#church #cruelty #demonstrations #dividing #exist

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#been #feel #i #i feel #i feel like