Theater Seating Quotes

My first job was in a movie theater. I worked at Cinema 6 in New City, New York. I was an usher. I sold popcorn.

You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.

Never tell the box-office man that you can't hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can't see either.

In the restaurant business, as opposed to the theater, center orchestra is an 8 P. M. reservation. Orchestra on the side is 7 or 8:30. Mezzanine is 6 and 9. But people don't take it personally when they call the theater and can't get what they want.

The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

I remember being an usherette at my local theater very, very early on, selling ice cream and programs - because they're not free in the U.K. - during pantomime season, which was super interesting. It meant a lot of kids, a lot of sweets, a lot of sugar-induced kids.

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 realised that you could easily turn any room into a cinema with a projector, so I went on and on at my parents for one. They eventually got me a projector for Christmas when I was ten, and I realised I'd made a ridiculous mistake - I'd forgotten to say 'movie' projector; I got a still one.

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things.

When I was 12 or 13, I started going to the cinema myself.

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

A movie moment in a theatre would never be comparable to the same movie moment elsewhere no matter how cheap the big TV becomes.

I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

Traditionally, I like to watch my plays from the very back.