Theater Preference Quotes

I never had the desire to get in front of the camera. It never occurred to me! I always thought I'd be a theater actor.

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.

I don't think musicals are my thing. I'm not a big fan. Definitely have to get on the stage and do something like a straight play.

I've played Madison Square Garden and Jones Beach several times, but I personally don't enjoy those larger venues. I much prefer theater or a performance space.

For me, if I'm going to do a play, I prefer to do something with language that I don't get to speak on TV.

They're not so much fans of independent movies are they are of independent theatres. They like small theaters with a vague, septic smell. They're not wild about the newfangled theaters with the assigned seating.

I rather go to see a good play than be in one.

When I first started acting, I never thought I'd be on TV or film. I always wanted to be on stage.

Given a choice, I prefer directing a play to a film.

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

I would say I am more concerned with the plays I'm going to do than the movies. I'm more comfortable in a play. In film, there's always a certain sense of control, of holding back. The stage is different ; there's more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.

I didn't want to be a Hollywood actress who every so often does a Broadway play. I wanted to be a Broadway actress who every so often does a movie.

I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.'

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.'

I came from a generation of actors for whom TV was taboo.

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical.

I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays.

If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.

I'd rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes.

Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.

I'm not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I'm interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don't know.