Quotes about Theatrical

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead. Votes: 6

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. Votes: 6

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it. Votes: 6

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. Votes: 6

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism. Votes: 6

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised. Votes: 6

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical. Votes: 6

Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will. Votes: 6

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation. Votes: 4

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames. Votes: 4

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature. Votes: 4

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical. Votes: 4

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater. Votes: 4

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'. Votes: 4

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection. Votes: 4

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title. Votes: 4

I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that. Votes: 4

When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release. Votes: 4

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress Votes: 4

I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it. Votes: 4

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job. Votes: 4

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage. Votes: 4

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life. Votes: 4

I'm very interested in trying to make comedy shows that are a bit bigger, more theatrical, more of a "show." Some people might say I'm trying too hard, but that's a compliment to me. I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy. Votes: 4

Theatrical work means too much work or none. Votes: 3

Theatrical success is predominantly two variables: who the distributor is and how much money they spend. Votes: 3

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree. Votes: 3

Growing up, my mom made us this amazing thing called The Mack Theatrical Wardrobe. It was a massive trunk filled with everything that you'd want as a kid if you were into imagination and play. Votes: 3

Theatrical is fantastic. I don't think anything will ever replace the big dark room, the screen and the popcorn. You can kind of do it in your home if you have a nice screen, but it's not the same thing. Votes: 3

At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun. Votes: 3

Young artists wish for inspired moments. And you find them; you take them; eager artists are bandits. Theatrical moments arrive, and...you grab. Good! You know it will draw attention to you. But you aim to be more than bandits, no? So, okay...now be Samurai. Votes: 3

Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical. Votes: 2

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense. Votes: 2

The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album. Votes: 2

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances. Votes: 2

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that. Votes: 2

I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and people better watch out - I will gallop. Votes: 2

I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays. Votes: 2

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen. Votes: 2

Oh, yeah, I like a high neck. And I like naked backs. It seems very sexy. Red carpets are about being a bit theatrical - having fun rather than being too safe. You have to be brave. Fashion is fun. Votes: 2

I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on. Votes: 2

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side. Votes: 2

Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation. Votes: 2

It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them. Votes: 2

If you are going to describe the history of animation, you'd look at the early Disney work, then 'Bugs Bunny,' 'Road Runner' and other Warner Brothers theatrical productions. But when you got to 'Rocky and Bullwinkle,' you'd see they were unique: They assumed you had a brain in your head. Votes: 2

In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile. Votes: 2

When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention. Votes: 2

When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me. Votes: 2

Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour. Votes: 2

I did theatrical caricatures. Votes: 0

My family is very theatrical. Votes: 0

Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience. Votes: 0

My parents were not theatrical at all. Votes: 0

It's too theatrical not to express yourself constantly. Votes: 0

My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person. Votes: 0

No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer. Votes: 0

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more. Votes: 0

We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary. Votes: 0

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now. Votes: 0

I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers. Votes: 0

I love the smaller scenes. I love the smaller, slightly more theatrical scenes. Votes: 0

Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment. Votes: 0

When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical. Votes: 0

Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phony theatrical name, so I kept it. Votes: 0

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical. Votes: 0

Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation. Votes: 0

It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals. Votes: 0

This limited theatrical release was a nice little bonus that I never expected. Votes: 0

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame Votes: 0

David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style. Votes: 0

Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. You don't see it. Votes: 0

My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater. Votes: 0

It's almost like I get to be more theatrical when I work in voiceover. Votes: 0

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. Votes: 0

I needed someone really intense, but also somebody with a lot of theatrical credibility. Votes: 0

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard. Votes: 0

I couldn't get used to the community and social life of a theatrical set designer. Votes: 0

It might be thematic work. It might be theatrical. I enjoy that kind of work. Votes: 0

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor. Votes: 0

The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore. Votes: 0

God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical. Votes: 0

I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings. Votes: 0

'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album. Votes: 0

I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs. Votes: 0

I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype. Votes: 0

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions. Votes: 0

Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we're seeing is the negative side of nuclear war. Votes: 0

Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life. Votes: 0

One can do such lovely things with so little. Subjects that are too beautiful end by appearing theatrical. Votes: 0

For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights. Votes: 0

I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space. Votes: 0

Small spaces allow me the intimacy, but make it more of a challenge for the more theatrical pieces. Votes: 0

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. Votes: 0

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people. Votes: 0

I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous! Votes: 0

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. Votes: 0

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. Votes: 0

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical. Votes: 0

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano. Votes: 0

I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. Votes: 0

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true. Votes: 0

I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles. Votes: 0

It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do. Votes: 0

It always surprises me when I see the director's versions of films released separately, long after the film's theatrical run. Votes: 0

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life. Votes: 0

The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare Votes: 0

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances. Votes: 0

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue. Votes: 0

I think everything that I learned about stagecraft and carrying through - creating a through point for a theatrical device. Votes: 0

I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though. Votes: 0

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll. Votes: 0

I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. Votes: 0

A real theatrical experience shakes the calm of the senses, liberates the compressed unconscious and drives towards a kind of potential revolt . . . Votes: 0

I have a theatrical temperament. I'm not interested in the middle road - maybe because everyone's on it. Rationality, reasonableness bewilder me. Votes: 0

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates. Votes: 0

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends. Votes: 0

What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical in fact. Votes: 0

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers. Votes: 0

Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush. Votes: 0

My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward. Votes: 0

In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it. Votes: 0

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if youre charming enough, you can get away with anything. Votes: 0

Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor. Votes: 0

Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to be profoundly lifeless. Votes: 0

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor. Votes: 0

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic and so theatrical. Votes: 0

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives. Votes: 0

I think I've always admired sort of dynamic filmmakers, which doesn't shy away from strong expressions. Which might be a little more theatrical at some points. Votes: 0

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film. Votes: 0

Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything. Votes: 0

Jean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. "After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind. Votes: 0

I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego. Votes: 0

The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of the theatre. Votes: 0

A lot of my shows in the past have been more theatrical than others, but you really get the bug for it when you direct on stage. Votes: 0

The theatrical versions are the definitive versions. I regard the extended cuts as being a novelty for the fans that really want to see the extra material. Votes: 0

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring. Votes: 0

Rembrandt was way ahead of his time. It's as if he was painting an amateur theatrical, or a professional theatrical, in his studio. It's a kind of performance. Votes: 0

Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession. Votes: 0

The marrying of an actor and his whimsical and theatrical vision is very enjoyable, because he wants it to be filled with something honest, truthful, human, soulful, substantial. Votes: 0

I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos. Votes: 0

Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point. Votes: 0

I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies. 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

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had to an interactive, theatrical experience. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form and take you on a journey. Votes: 0

The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history. Votes: 0

The dilemma of Brechtian performance is that, for all of Brecht's emphasis on rationality and the undermining of theatrical illusion, the actor must convincingly portray something that she is not. Votes: 0

The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul. Votes: 0

In White Plains I wasn't theatrical at all. I was a model and I used to take the train into New York three days a week to do travelogue work. Votes: 0

When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with 'No Cure For Cancer.' Votes: 0

I also grew up building theatrical scenery. I spent many years building scenery as a large part of my income and that allowed me to really develop my shop skills. Votes: 0

My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money. Votes: 0

Avoid theatrical flourishes - the phrases that sound so damned good that they stand up and beg to be recognized as "good writing," and therefore must be struck from the text. Votes: 0

Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of reading and doing the voices and telling the story. Votes: 0

I studied with Stella Adler and I didn't like the representational aspect of most opera singers. Most of the opera singers had not a false, but over theatrical way of presenting. Votes: 0

Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures that were already guaranteed a theatrical release. Votes: 0

My sister and I created a show called 'The Real Life Brady Bunch,' which was sort of a theatrical sensation that got us attention in L.A. and New York. Votes: 0

I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life Votes: 0

I'm not really a 'puppet' person in particular; I think they are very theatrical, and I've found different uses for them in shows, but my true interest is in writing Broadway musicals. Votes: 0

When I started reciting my own poems in public, I worried that it would seem too theatrical, but now I find recitation very natural, because it allows me to address audiences directly. Votes: 0

Hitler frequently demonstrated diffidence and unease in dealings with individuals which contrasted diametrically with his self-confident mastery in exploiting the emotions of his listeners in the theatrical setting of a major speech. Votes: 0

For me, the stereoscopic imagery was a new game to play with. Surprisingly enough, it's also a return to tradition. I'm back with paper-looking puppets moving about in several layers of theatrical backgrounds. Votes: 0

I never really listen to what people say. My thing is that my favorite artists are artists that are theatrical. Obviously when you are doing a recording, things aren't gonna translate as over-the-top. Votes: 0

Even if it's a "talking head documentary" about a social movement or something along those lines, I've always thought of editing the timing and the sense of the piece for the theatrical experience. Votes: 0

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it. Votes: 0

And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that. Votes: 0

Reba McEntire came through town when I lived in Texas. She had this amazing theatrical show with, like, 13 different wardrobe changes. I was eight and I was like, Wow, I wanna do that! Votes: 0

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way. Votes: 0

When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical. Votes: 0

Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are. Votes: 0

We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where are the guys? Where's the classic pop-rock showman? Votes: 0

When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece. Votes: 0

If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive. Votes: 0

That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert. Votes: 0

And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession. Votes: 0

By the time Buffy finished its Bay Area theatrical run - including a two-month stint at the dollar theater - I had seen the movie well over three dozen times. I was in love. Votes: 0

I wanted to have a place and a space, and a building, in which to create a season of work I am here because the idea of a theatrical home is very appealing to me Votes: 0

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself. Votes: 0

It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical. Votes: 0

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. Its important to alternate between the two activities. Votes: 0

Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding tendencies, its stifling atmosphere, its corroding influence. Once become Votes: 0

I think that there is a role for food to be art; and when food is art, it can have drama, it can have spectacle, it can be theatrical. It can be this amazing experience. Votes: 0