Quotes about Theaters

Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball. Votes: 3

I've asked to go back into theaters and smaller venues because to me, in smaller venues I can really demonstrate my commitment to quality. Theaters are great containers for music. Votes: 3

I prefer the old theaters because the audience is... trapped. Votes: 2

The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters. Votes: 2

In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. Votes: 2

I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters. Votes: 2

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels. Votes: 2

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early. Votes: 2

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters. Votes: 2

It was the money from 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws' that allowed the theaters to build their multiplexes, which allowed an opening up of screens. Votes: 2

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters. Votes: 2

I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies. Votes: 2

I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there. Votes: 2

I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters. Votes: 2

NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice. Votes: 2

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else. Votes: 2

If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home. Votes: 2

If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good. Votes: 2

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio. Votes: 2

You start in bars and then restaurants, then you want to get into comedy clubs where you feature, then you headline, and once you sell out clubs you're into theaters. I've been able to get there, and it's cool to do that. Votes: 2

I am a wild orchid of comedy, so I can only do well under specific conditions... There are people who I think can do any room, and do stadiums and thousand-seat theaters, and then there are people like me who just perform for my parents. Votes: 2

I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see 'Tommy' when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it. Votes: 2

The hope is they would like to bring it to Broadway next year, so we'll see that's to come in the end of the finance year and everybody else and also real estate and what theaters are available at the time but I would like to come back with it. Votes: 2

Theaters are always going to be around, and doing fine. With computers and technology, we're becoming more and more secluded from each other. And the movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will ever go away. Votes: 2

From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in a couple of Broadway theaters, to Howard Stern's studio, and to 30 Rock for 'Letterman' and 'SNL.' Even in New York, walking to work is homey and folksy, like living in a small town. Votes: 2

I love playing the Hard Rocks; they've got a great stage, great lighting, great sound, and not so humongous; its more intimate, so we love playing theaters and clubs where the audience has a really good chance to see and hear the group and where the acoustics are good. I like it when we can hear what we're doing. Votes: 2

I used to live above Manganaro's, when old Times Square was still peaking, and it still had a lot of diners and theaters on the forty deuce, as they used to call it. It was full of character. And it wasn't Disneyland. Now it's so touristy and full of bright lights, I can't stand it. It's like going to a big mall. Votes: 2

I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed! Votes: 2

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo. Votes: 0

Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters. Votes: 0

I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters. Votes: 0

I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters. Votes: 0

My goal for Actress is to have it play more traditional theaters. Votes: 0

I didn't see 'Star Wars' in theaters until George Lucas re-tweaked it. Votes: 0

We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict. Votes: 0

You're right John! I can't see you! Your movies aren't in theaters long enough! Votes: 0

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. Votes: 0

People will go to clean theaters; they don't like to go to dirty theaters. Votes: 0

At one time, I would actually ride around to movie theaters to check the lines. Votes: 0

Our theaters, our museums, our culture. We have everything New York has without the hassles. Votes: 0

Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up. Votes: 0

The space of play and the space of thought are the two theaters of freedom. Votes: 0

The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate which covers the floors of movie theaters. Votes: 0

I think it's always super exciting to watch something before you can see it in theaters. Votes: 0

Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime. Votes: 0

John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days. Votes: 0

When the Appollonian strain took over in Greece, they made them into theaters and the original dramas. Votes: 0

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat. Votes: 0

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool. Votes: 0

Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. Now we're doing arenas. Votes: 0

I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people. Votes: 0

I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there. Votes: 0

Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose. Votes: 0

In Berlin Jews controlled almost one hundred percent of the theaters and cinemas before the rise to power. Votes: 0

I don't like to go to theaters, because I don't like the way most people behave in theaters. Votes: 0

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters. Votes: 0

I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock. Votes: 0

When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies. Votes: 0

Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters. Votes: 0

Some days, I just love the physical space of the theater. I love theaters; they are heartbreakingly beautiful to me. Votes: 0

I started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show. Votes: 0

Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters Votes: 0

The National Association of Theater Concessionaires reported that in 1986, 60% of all candy sold in movie theaters was sold to Roger Ebert. Votes: 0

I love being a troubadour. I travel around the world with my wife and play little theaters. We have a ball. Votes: 0

While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV. Votes: 0

The ruins of classic movie theaters are a personal obsession of mine, and I've made a couple of documentaries about it. Votes: 0

I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community. Votes: 0

Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs. Votes: 0

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way. Votes: 0

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. Votes: 0

I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time. Votes: 0

I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them. Votes: 0

Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater. Votes: 0

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. Votes: 0

I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important. Votes: 0

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution. Votes: 0

A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom. Votes: 0

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms. Votes: 0

The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams. Votes: 0

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things. Votes: 0

I'm very bad at watching anything. I'm bad at going to theaters; I can't watch my own stuff; I watch a lot of sports. Votes: 0

The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers. Votes: 0

I've worked in a few sort of 'institutional' theaters - the Royal Shakespeare, the National Theater in England - and they're hopelessly top-heavy with bureaucracy. Votes: 0

I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them. Votes: 0

I don't believe in director's cuts and I also don't really believe in deleted scenes because the movie that is in theaters, that's what the director made. Votes: 0

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story. Votes: 0

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things. Votes: 0

Miramax can buy a small independent movie that isn't very good, but because it has great relationships with different theaters, it can get into a big theater. Votes: 0

In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions. Votes: 0

I love doing theaters, cracking people up, hearing them physically roll in the aisles. But we need to get serious. These are serious times. No joke. No joke. Votes: 0

There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in. Votes: 0

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts. Votes: 0

When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here I am, still at it. Votes: 0

I love the smaller clubs. I love the theaters. I love the festivals. There are things I don't like. At certain theaters, people can't get up and dance. Votes: 0

If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over. Votes: 0

If you're playing around with a film, you're just playing around with it. But if it has to go into theaters, you get yourself into gear and finish it. Votes: 0

What we eat is the one simplest way to declare who we are - the table reflects our values with a clarity that few other theaters of human behaviour posses. Votes: 0

I am fairly optimistic about the disillusionment that produces homogeneity in general. The films that succeed in [theaters] are fairly homogeneous in terms of narrative and vision of the world. Votes: 0

The man who has many answersis often foundin the theaters of informationwhere he offers, graciously,his deep findings.While the man who has only questions,to comfort himself, makes music. Votes: 0

My wife is my favorite actress. Without question. I have seen more jaws drop in little theaters when people see my wife up on that stage than you can imagine. Votes: 0

I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good. Votes: 0

I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful. I don't watch my film once they're in theaters. Votes: 0

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded. Votes: 0

I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though. Votes: 0

I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater, no one can reach you by phone or other means. Votes: 0

I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood. Votes: 0

My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that. Votes: 0

Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them. Votes: 0

With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult. Votes: 0

I like those older theaters - the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there's been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one. Votes: 0

I would not change very much about the American theater. I marvel and rejoice in the way the country's regional theaters have formed a network that has become, in essence, our National Theater. Votes: 0

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything. Votes: 0

I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt. Votes: 0

It's weird because movie-making, and especially movie theaters, have always been so old-school, and it wasn't until 3-D that a lot of them were forced to have digital projectors and even digital distribution. Votes: 0

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful. Votes: 0

Think about trailers you see in theaters. If you're seeing a Warner Bros film, the studio might have three of the five trailers. So having a hit helps you create the next hit. Votes: 0

You have to have a very strong cash flow for a film to really stay in theaters. You have to have the advertising capacity to sustain and follow the kind of press coverage. Votes: 0

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That's my directors cut, there's no question about it. Votes: 0

As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking about arenas or anything, but nice theaters and larger clubs. Votes: 0

The Cuban public is hugely cinephile. It's a shame that most of the movie theaters are so deteriorated. The sense of spectacle has been lost a little, but even so, people continue to go. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of audiences. There's the ones who were in the theaters, and the ones who are outside and we want them to come inside the theater. And, it's not the same. Votes: 0

My brother and I spent our childhood in movie theaters screaming. I decided early on that that was the epitome of entertainment. I'm always trying for that same level of adrenaline in my books. Votes: 0

I want my movies to play in movie theaters. While festivals can fulfill a part of that, there's nothing like getting a week-long run for your movie. It's becoming increasingly difficult to get that. Votes: 0

When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often. Votes: 0

The Fever is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in theaters, because the character in the play says certain things that I meant. Votes: 0

I was able to make the jump to theaters without having a TV show. My passion for getting a TV show just plummeted. It was like I had already achieved what I wanted to achieve. Votes: 0

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters. Votes: 0

I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything. Votes: 0

I've been doing theaters like the Warner for about a year and we've found the earlier you get the tickets on sale the better idea you get on how many shows we will be doing. Votes: 0

I found that the majority of people who stopped at my table [ at the Comic Con] last didn't even know who Winnie the Pooh was, and the new feature was just opening in the theaters. Votes: 0