Theatre Quotes
Words to the Wise
Quotations from a wide range of theatrical perspectives
For use in newsletters, season or fundraising brochures or emails, presentations--you name it.
Category | Quote | First | Last | Source |
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Acting, Directing, General |
It is not theatre that is indispensable, but something quite different. To cross the frontiers between you and me. |
Jerzy | Grotowski | |
General |
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack. |
Voltaire | ||
Acting, Playwriting |
It is the writer's job to make the play interesting. It is the actor's job to make the performance truthful. |
David | Mamet | The Audience Book of Theatre Quotations, by Louis Phillips |
Directing |
It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast. |
John | Gielgud | The Audience Book of Theatre Quotations, by Louis Phillips |
Acting |
It is widely acknowledged to be the toughest job to get any two acting teachers to agree about anything. |
Robert | Lewis | The Audience Book of Theatre Quotations, by Louis Phillips |