Scenic Design Quotes

I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

Architecture was always the plan. I always figured I'd just do theater on the side.

I went to the theater school at DePaul University in Chicago, the Goodman School.

Theater was something that I always wanted to study.

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

Gravity Falls' didn't just appear overnight - every spooky cave and moss covered tree was created by a team of brilliant artists.

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.

Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful.

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.

I went to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

I'm still really into set design and construction when I do films. I notice that stuff.

I became a set designer for opera.

I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.

When I was a carpenter, I built sets for small storefront Chicago companies. Like, I built sets for friends of mine at The House Theater.

I painted sets before I ever performed.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.

There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.

When I was 17, I moved to Sydney to study set design at NIDA.

The best seat in the house often depends on the ballet. For instance, much of the first act of 'The Nutcracker' is domestic and small scale, so it's great to sit up close. But the second act features elaborate scenery and choreography, which are better to observe from a distance.

I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago.

I worked out a rather deep-dish theory defining the theater as a form of architecture rather than a form of literature.

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.