Yael Stone Quotes

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

Every once in a while I go off to do a movie or a television series and I take my art with me. I can stay in character when I paint.

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

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

I'm really proud of this show I did called 'I Just Want My Pants Back.' I was very proud of my work on the show and such a huge fan of everybody involved.

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.

I love the theater of me.

With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film.

My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational.

The fact that I wound up doing television and film was just a thing that happened, but I was trained for the theater, and what goes on in the theater has nothing to do with special effects.

I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.

I think theater is more about living and breathing, versus TV, which can vary.

I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.