#heat

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#encourage #experimentation #new #new york #theater

I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are all extreme in one way or another at times and that's what drama, since the Greeks, has dealt with. I hope the overall view isn't just that though, or I've failed in my writing. There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. ↗

— Martin McDonagh

#art

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. ↗

— Paul Rudd

#enriching #most #theater #thing #thrilling

Those who cheat on their partners who are loyal to them; don't deserve them. It is a trashy attitude to disrespect a person who is loyal in a relationship, by cheating on him or her. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#partners #relationship #attitude

The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#difficulty #even #film #given #good

Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe that lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you not only have the music, but you've got costume, story, acting, orchestra. There's a lot to take in. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#music #theatre #art

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #married #mistress #theater

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #i am #married #mistress

I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part. ↗

— Kim Weston

#always #classic #deciding #how #i

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet. ↗

— August Wilson

#got #height #i #involved #poet