Sanjay Leela Bhansali Quotes

A creative and artistic home is what I've been looking for in the theatre.

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

I think there is no world without theatre.

I'm constantly involved in theater, looking at theater, trying to do work in theater, support theater. And that's kind of my creative passion.

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

When you're talking about pure form, theater is a wonderful outlet.

I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.

I've found that musical theater is my passion.

I love working in the theater.

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

I trained in the theatre.

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television.

Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.

In my heart of hearts, I love theatre. It's the joy and terror of putting a play on, the creativity of it. It is infinitely harder than film and television and more tiring. Your performance is heightened in the way it isn't with film.

For me, being a complete artist means not necessarily just being in front of the camera, but being behind the camera or being the originator or creator of something.

Theatre is like an actor's nectar, like how cinema is a director's medium.

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.

Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

I was a theatre major and started off as a playwright.

I'm working in theater. I did not grow up loving or even knowing anything about it, except for 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'Tommy.' But I love it. It's such a great collaborative thing.

Theatre is really an actor's playground.