Theresa Rebeck Quotes

I come from the theater, and there is a real collaborative history there.

I did a lot of theater, so especially as an on-camera camera actor, there are so many things that aren't in your toolbox. They're somebody else's job. You think about editors and rhythm. Volume isn't even in your control.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.

When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.

'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?

I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.

I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.

The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

Theatre requires devotion that is all-consuming. When we started out, we didn't mind working 12 hours a day. We didn't mind going endlessly over and over a scene to make it right. I was the company's costumer for the first few years, and I remember the budget for 'Balm in Gilead' was $150.

It's always tempting to cast someone you enjoy being with. You've got to hang out with these people for a number of months.

It was so much fun to work with the cast on 'School of Rock'. I was a little nervous because it was my first acting gig, but it was such a great experience.

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.

I loved working on 'Grimm.' The entire cast and crew were wonderful and welcoming.

It's been good and a nice chance to work with some great actors and actresses - Natalie Anderson, Jeff Hordley, Emma Atkins, Charley Webb and Dominic Power.

I never see how meaty my role is. If I like the script in its entirety, the director, or if my co-star is someone I greatly admire, I sign up. You learn so much being part of a great team.

It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time.

I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back.

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.