Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again.

'Cabaret' was one of the first pieces of musical theater I saw that showed the possibilities of what musical theater can do.

I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it.

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...'

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

My first time I directed a play was 'No Exit,' a play set in a subway.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

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 was always into film, but theater was my entry point. I always felt like film didn't make sense to me as a kid. It was just so magical that I was like, 'There's something going on back there that I don't know.' But, when I watched theater, it was something that was happening in front of me.

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

Theatre is really an actor's playground.

Something that I really enjoy doing is creating and being a part of very different characters and very different projects.

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

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

The wonderful thing about theater as an art form is it's a purely empirical art form. It's all about what works. And every show, every production, is created anew right from the moment you go into the rehearsal hall.

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well.

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 love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I try to give each performance my own soul, to bring a truth to my character. Hopefully, when I bring that much truth to a character, it resonates with somebody, and it sparks some kind of emotion in them.

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

The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.

I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.