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Theatre Quotes
Theatre Quotes
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- " In his book, Managing the Non-Profit, Peter Drucker noted that most non-profits are woefully ignorant about “market knowledge.” Passionate non-profit leaders firmly believe that what they are doing merits support, but many are unable to articulate to others the importance of the project and why donors should contribute to it. If you can articulate quickly, passionately, and convincingly why your project should be done, you will have much more success."
- Bill DeWalt
Source: http://www.artsconsulting.com/pdf_arts_insights/insights_sept_2013.pdf
- " I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform. keyword=stagefright"
- Helen Mirren
Source: Brainyquote.com
- " 7 tips to reduce stage fright: (1) Shift the focus from yourself and your fear to your true purpose: contributing something of value to your audience. (2) Stop scaring yourself with thoughts about what might go wrong. Instead, focus your attention on thoughts and images that are calming and reassuring. (3) Refuse to think thoughts that create self-doubt and low confidence. (4) Practice ways to calm and relax your mind and body, such as deep breathing, relaxation exercises, yoga, and meditation. (5) Try to limit caffeine, sugar, and alcohol as much as possible. (6) Visualize your success: Always focus on your strength and ability to handle challenging situations. (7) Give up trying to be perfect and know that it is OK to make mistakes. Keyword=stagefright"
- Janet Esposito
Source: http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/social-anxiety-disorder/treatment/conquering-stage-fright
- " As an actor, you can't play the tragedy. You can only play the choices, the intentions of your character."
- Christine Andreas
Source: Notes for CD "The Garland Variations"
- " Theatrical design is different from many other art forms in that it is a collaborative art. No one theatre artist works independently to create a performance."
- Kaoime Malloy
Source: The Art of Theatrical Design
- " In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible."
- Ralph Fiennes
- " You have to think about the big speeches in Shakespeare as the most important things the character has ever said; they need to be spoken with your chest cut open, your heart bare, and with tremendous passion. You need to tear the words from the sky. If you don't feel like you've run a marathon when you're done, you're not doing it right. It takes courage to open yourself up to an audience like that, letting them see your insides without desperately trying to show them--it takes practice."
- Ben Crystal
Source: author of Shakespeare on Toast
- " If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them."
- Jeff Brooks
- " The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does."
- David Rubenstein
- " I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."
- Oscar Hammerstein
- " The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited."
- Oscar Hammerstein
- " Lighting paperwork is a living thing, continually evolving throughout the production process until opening night."
- Anne E. McMills
Source: The Assistant Light Designer's Toolkit
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- Cole Porter
Source: Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
- " The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good."
- Robert Graves
Source: Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)
- " When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part."
- Olivier Laurence
Source: Laurence Olivier
- " Eugene Lee is a set designer who's famously said that he hates scenery. The reason it's such a joy to work with him is he's never designing the scenery, he's designing the room in which theater is going to take place. It makes for a much more vibrant conversation about what we're going to work on together. [Oskar Eustis , artistic director of the Public Theater, Boston]"
- Oskar Eustis
- " The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."
- Lee Strasberg
- " Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves. Find out who can tell you that truth and talk of your art only with those who can tell you the truth."
- Konstantin Stanislavsky
- " I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time."
- Penelope Keith
Source: http://www.brainyquote.com
- " When you're doing a play and you're afraid of a scene, that's the scene you should embrace, because that's the scene that will tell you something about the play."
- Raul Esparza
Source: NY Times, 11/26/06