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Theatrical Director Inspirational Quotes (3770)

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If blue is dream what then innocence? What awaits the heart if Love bears no arrows?
Federico Garcia Lorca
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A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde hairs on his collar?
Alan Ayckbourn
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I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something's wrong.
Alan Ayckbourn
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He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.
Alan Ayckbourn
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If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.
Alan Ayckbourn
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The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.
Alan Ayckbourn
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As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race.
Alan Ayckbourn
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Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.
Alan Ayckbourn
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Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
Alan Ayckbourn
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A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.
Mike Nichols
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I was born in Chicago, but I was raised in a town called Jackson, Tennessee. And a lot of these changes that were necessary and talked about it as important have been made, like, people go to school where they want to go. They work for equal pay, they work for - they can go school and have an equal shot at a job.
Gil Scott-Heron
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Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
Ethan Hawke
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I went to art school, and every Tuesday and Friday we drew the nude. If you look at Western painting, male and female nudes are in the center of every painting. It's difficult and exciting to draw the nude. Why get so upset about this? It's our duty to break taboos.
Peter Greenaway
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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.
Harvey Fierstein
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Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own.
Moss Hart
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I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.
Patrick Marber
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I am the reincarnation of Pikachu. That's why my hair is yellow, you see.
Akihiro Miwa
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I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very private process - who really need to do lots of internal work, so that I become merely a witness until they're ready to share.
Joe Mantello
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Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.
Alfred Lunt
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Make them laugh, and then make them listen.
Aidan Quinn
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There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.
Aidan Quinn
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I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.
Aidan Quinn
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The family is where most of our joy comes from.
Aidan Quinn
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Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.
Aidan Quinn
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