Theatre Light Bulb Jokes
This is a post I put aside for future use in 2017. Inevitably, I forgot all about it. Source: Theatre Light Bulb Jokes
Quote • “Don’t worry. Tonight you’ll make them look like amateurs….”
Postant [Nigel Bruce]: Don’t worry. Tonight you’ll make them look like amateurs.Calvero [Charlie Chaplin]: That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else. … Continue reading
Marian Seldes: Fear Destroys Us
I asked Marian Seldes what she most wanted to teach her students, and she stopped me and said there was something she most wanted to teach everyone. This is what she … Continue reading
“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” – Art of Quotation
“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” Source: “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” – Art of Quotation
Quote • CARL REINER
The critic Pauline Kael “once wrote that she’s not sure if I’m a serious filmmaker or not,” Carl Reiner once recalled in an interview. “So I assured her: I’m not.” … Continue reading
Quote • HELEN McCRORY • RSC Types
Quote | HELEN McCRORY ‘…she is identifiably an RSC type, the small, punchy actress with a voice that can coat a back wall in honey from 100 paces… You already … Continue reading
‘F**k the critics’ – remembering the pithy advice of agent Peggy Ramsay
For hot young playwrights in the 1960s and 1970s, the most sought-after agent was Peggy Ramsay. In her prime, her client list included Joe Orton, Alan Ayckbourn, David Hare, Christopher … Continue reading
Quote • KATHLEEN TURNER • Auditions
What’s your best advice for auditions? Be brave, risk it. What I tell my students is, if you go through an audition and they say, ‘No, but thank you very much’, … Continue reading
Lyn Gardner: Every playwright – even Alan Bennett – needs a champion
Peter Hall was once at a party where a woman collared him and said: “What would poor Samuel Beckett’s career have been like if Waiting for Godot hadn’t landed on … Continue reading
Quote • PATTI Lu PONE • ‘Stunt’ Casting
“I’ve seen terrible performances by stage actors and I’ve seen brilliant performances by film actors coming to the stage, but it’s when an actor tries to legitimise themselves without having … Continue reading
Quote • STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Directors and Musicals
Stephen Sondheim: ‘Directors should focus more on the text and less on themselves’ Stephen Sondheim: ‘Directors should…
“The most dangerous enemies of truth and freedom are the majority!” – Art of Quotation
“The most dangerous enemies of truth and freedom are the majority!” Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian, playwright, from “An Enemy of the People” via “The most dangerous enemies of truth and freedom are the majority!” … Continue reading
In Memory: “Even though you may have listened to the same performance, what you heard could be vastly different from what anyone else heard.” – Art of Quotation
“The thing I love about the arts — music, theater, museums, galleries — is that everybody wins. You are touched and hopefully moved, and it is unique to each person. … Continue reading
“The best director is the one you don’t see.” – Art of Quotation
“The best director is the one you don’t see.” Billy Wilder, director, screenwriter, 7 time Academy Award winner via “The best director is the one you don’t see.” – Art … Continue reading
Quote • LYN GARDNER • Audiences
There is an undoubted pleasure in watching a classic play unfold to an unknowing audience. I once saw Hedda Gabler in a regional theatre where it was clear from the … Continue reading
Audrey Hepburn says: | The Müscleheaded Blog
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” Source: Audrey Hepburn says: | The Müscleheaded Blog
In Memory: “there’s the actor in every human being” – Art of Quotation
“If I should have the good fortune to become a star, I certainly don’t intend to become a star twenty-four…” via In Memory: “there’s the actor in every human being” … Continue reading
“You should only be an actor if you can’t not be an actor.”
Originally posted on Art of Quotation:
“You should only be an actor if you can’t not be an actor.” John Lithgow, actor, from the Helen Edison Lecture Series, UC San…
Quote • IMELDA STAUNTON • Film Stardom
‘Well, my parents were working people. You just worked. I’ve always wanted a long career, not an instant one. I left RADA [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art], I worked in … Continue reading
Deborah Kerr: Invitations To Be Great
Interview with Deborah Kerr Conducted by James Grissom By Telephone 1991 The opportunities to be kind or gracious or giving arrive for us all the time: These are the invitations … Continue reading
“We’re intellectual opposites. Well, I’m intellectual and you’re opposite.” – Art of Quotation
“We’re intellectual opposites. Well, I’m intellectual and you’re opposite.” Mae West, actress via “We’re intellectual opposites. Well, I’m intellectual and you’re opposite.” – Art of Quotation
Quote • HELEN MIRREN • Looks
Helen Mirren would rather not be the poster woman for ageing gracefully. In fact, she’s “a bit cross” that she’s been getting so much attention for her looks in recent years. … Continue reading
Quote • JAMES NORTON • Looks
‘I was sitting opposite my great-aunt Grania at a family lunch the other day and she was staring at me, in a quizzical way. Then she said: “Honestly, James, I … Continue reading
Harold Pinter: The Bobbing of Egos
Interview with Harold Pinter Conducted by James Grissom 1997 Most people are not talented. This is true of the world in general, and this is true of the theatrical world … Continue reading
“Modern man… does not want to make any sacrifice, even though true affirmation of the self can only be expressed in sacrifice.” – Art of Quotation
“Modern man, however, does not want to make any sacrifice, even though true affirmation of the self can only be expressed in sacrifice.” Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian, director… Source: “Modern … Continue reading
Quote • CECIL BEATON • The Burtons
“I’ve always despised the Burtons for their vulgarity, commonness and crass bad taste. Richard Burton is as butch and coarse as only a Welshman can be. Elizabeth Taylor is everything … Continue reading
“I get bored with actors talking about themselves.” – Art of Quotation
“I get bored with actors talking about themselves.” — Alan Rickman, actor, English Source: “I get bored with actors talking about themselves.” – Art of Quotation
Quote • ALAN DOBIE on PETER HALL on GODOT
“As he gets older, he does this wonderful thing, which is why I always like working with him — he never has a pre-conceived notion of how he’s going to … Continue reading
Quote • LIVE THEATRE v FOOTBALL MATCHES • Surprising
I have been in hospital for two weeks, hence the gap in transmission. ‘More people watch live theatre every year than Premier League football matches.’ Libby Purves, @RadioTimes Originally published on … Continue reading
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Quote • SIR PETER HALL • Acting versus Performing
“To me the greatest actor was [Ralph] Richardson. Larry was a great performer. In a way you always knew it was performing. But he was such an extraordinary conjurer that … Continue reading
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