Laura Linney Quotes

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

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.

Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.

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 spent a long time in London on the stage, and you knew exactly what you were going to be doing. You not only knew the performance, but you also knew exactly where you would stand.

I enjoy theatre tremendously, and there's nothing like a live performance.

I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I rewrote Act II three times.

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.

Doing theater, I call it concentrated shampoo. You put a dime in the palm of your hand and you get a headful of lather. When you do a play, you're there for two and a half hours, and you live a lifetime.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

When I was a kid, to me, the Evergreen Players were the big time.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.

And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something.

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

I had always sort of done dramatic things, and I love them; it's my background. But when I think about 'Fresh Meat,' I just think about the cast and the crew that we had... we just had a great time.

Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been performing the same play for months.

I love working in the theater.

I do most of my work on the stage, and typically once the show is over, it's over.

I love opening night, and I love doing plays. But one of my favorite parts about doing a play or working on a new play is rehearsal.

A good place to start initially would be school plays.

I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place.

In live stage, the actor lives.

I think there is no world without theatre.