Missi Pyle Quotes

No matter how good you might be in a movie, you'll never be any better. But in a play, I can be better next Tuesday. That's the thrill of it.

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.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

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

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.

In some movies you feel like you're a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, it's a more concentrated and quiet experience.

I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.

Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.

I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

I've really grown to love film, but I think occasionally you need to get up on a stage and see what's going on.

There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back.

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.

When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

There are always leading characters. There are always complex characters; there are very rewarding plays with great directors and tremendous playwrights, yeah. I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

I like to spend as much time on the stage as possible. I don't do a regular TV series because I don't want to be overexposed.