Goenawan Mohamad Quotes

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.

Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television.

I'm working in theater. I did not grow up loving or even knowing anything about it, except for 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'Tommy.' But I love it. It's such a great collaborative thing.

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.

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

There's nothing like theater. It's really amazing. But it does take up all of your time. I would like to get into more film, just because I find it super fascinating.

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

Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.

You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.

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.

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.

I have a passion to do theater.

When you're talking about pure form, theater is a wonderful outlet.

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...'

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

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

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

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had many plays in my films. I feel like maybe theater is a part of my movie work.

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.

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.

I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.