Alexandre Desplat Quotes

A lot of us go back into theater because you learn so much on the journey.

I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell 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.

I think theater is a great training ground; I think it's a great opportunity to play.

I love the theater of me.

The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and watching people recreate a story, and doing it myself, as well.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

The most difficult thing to do is drama.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

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.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.

I was a drama major through college.

I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and things like that.

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.