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I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card.
In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which is 15 elementary schools in the Twin Cities.
I definitely used to dream of sitting in the movie theatre watching the 'Star Wars' credits come up knowing I was part of one of those films.
I grew up on stages. Not standing outside the 'Royal Court Theatre' wistfully, but with enthusiastic people from the community.
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
I started when I was really young. I did a lot of local theatre. I always enjoyed it.
We cannot deny that 80 or even 90 percent of the spiritual treasures from the past 3,000 years have come from Europe. There is no other Greek theatre anywhere else in the world. There is no other Shakespeare, Dante or Cervantes.
If my life hadn't itself been a modern adaptation of 'Les Atrides,' I probably would never have left the theatre.
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.
When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.
I came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned with political and social issues.
Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.
I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.
I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there.
A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible.
I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.
I did a lot of musical theatre when I was younger, so I would love to go back and do that again someday.
Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have.
Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.
I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.
I've witnessed the survival of the theatre several times when it was meant to be dying.
Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
Theatre, for me, is about providing to the audience a new and exciting experience.
We realised that art, theatre, and music in Sarajevo were resistance at the deepest level.
I went to New York University to study experimental theatre in 2006 and was there pretty consistently until 2011.
In my childhood, I used to go to theatres to watch independent singers' outing on screen. I used to be excited about how different they sound in a video and at a theatre.
Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.
Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.
The Saving Our Cinderellas program is a facet of Saving Our Daughters which is more specifically geared towards using music, theatre, film and television as a means to help build self-esteem in our girls by developing programs that allow them to discover, explore and express their individuality using the arts.
I started elocution lessons because I was being teased, and I had a brilliant drama teacher. At the age of 14, I appeared at the National Theatre in 'The Crucible.'
My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.
I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.
Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are performing in front of a live audience.
I sneaked out of school to watch 'Nayakan.' I must have watched it at least 15 times at Anand theatre.
I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.
A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.
I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the pavement.
It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
Why did I want to become a director? I just had an early interest. My uncle was an actor in a local community theatre, and he ultimately persuaded me and a buddy of mine to come to that theatre, and we went to meet girls, and that turned into interested in kind of behind-the-scenes things, and from that point on, I was focused.
I'm not afraid to go anywhere, to the smallest theatre or the least amount of money.
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew.
Whatever I do, it's crucial to me that I give it 100 per cent. It doesn't matter if it's a short film, stage, theatre, TV or blockbuster. It doesn't matter what level of budget or prestige it is.
A lot of my friends were a lot into theatre a lot earlier than I was. A lot of my friends were kids who were in The Broadway Kids and the kids auditioning for Gavroche in 'Les Miz.' I was never that kid. I was weaned on Michael Jackson. Not literally, because that would have been odd.
The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
My husband, Steve Hamilton - an actor/producer and co-Director of the Southampton Playwriting Conference - and I had been working in the theatre in New York for many years.
I didn't miss theatre while I was in 'EastEnders' because I was so dedicated in my role as Honey.
There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre.
I've always loved absurdism and plays of that genre. I think that my humour is very much rooted in theatre and drama.
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!
People come to the theatre to be excited and uplifted - I want to inspire my audience.
Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.
First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed.
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.
It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.
When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.
When I started, TV was regarded as something that wasn't as great as film or theatre or radio, but it has proved to have far greater powers than those.
We depend on the critics to give us a glimpse of what happened. Bernard Shaw championed Ibsen, who got the most terrible notices for his plays. Kenneth Tynan championed young writers, and as a result, the theatre has changed radically.
There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't.
I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.
I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials.
My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.
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