Live Theater Quotes:

Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and it's like doing live theater. And filming something that goes to millions of people several weeks later, it's an interesting dynamic.

- Jenna Elfman

source: Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. June 15, 2006.

topic: People, Interesting, Week, Live Theater

In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

- Tristan Bernard

topic: Theatre, Want, Audience, Live Theater, Live Theatre

There's just something about getting up, putting it out there, and getting this exchange of energy. Whether your audience is a camera lens, or live theater, or whatever it is, just putting that out there and getting it back is just an honor.

- Lauren Bowles

topic: Honor, Cameras, Energy, Live Theater, Camera Lenses

The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

- Adrianne Palicki

source: "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.

topic: Energy, Half, Moments, Live Theater

This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do a whole season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and do a year of plays. Most actors miss the days of live theater.

- Donal Logue

topic: Kids, College, Years, Live Theater

My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that.

- Robin Williams

topic: Thinking, Actors, Energy, Live Performance, Live Theater

Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.

- Gary Gygax

topic: Games, Play, People, Live Theater, Instant Gratification

Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater.

- William Petersen

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: First Love, Tv Shows, Careers, Live Theater, Love Coming Back

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

- Eddie Cahill

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Television, Merit, Theater, Live Theater, Flexing

I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.

- Geoffrey Rush

topic: Thinking, Play, People, Term Paper, Live Theater

I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.

- Derek Hough

source: Source: www.acclaimmag.com

topic: Art, School, Different, Live Theater

That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad.

- Jane Krakowski

source: "Jane Krakowski Takes Manhattan". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. June 24, 2003.

topic: Reactions, Theater, Live Theater

I love life. I love the live theater.

- Chita Rivera

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Love Life, I Love Life, Theater, Live Theater

Performing in a live theater is absolutely unbeatable. It is something I have done my entire life and have a gift, it seems, for sharing thoughts live.

- Val Kilmer

source: "Val Kilmer Interview | Never Quiet the Love Message". Interview with Lawrence Inglee, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Done, Theater, Unbeatable, Live Theater

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

- Taye Diggs

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Broadway, My Favorite, Intention, Live Theater

So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible.

- Neil Patrick Harris

topic: New York, Thinking, Years, Live Theater

The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort. However, it is never a group effort of vague fellow committee members, but of associated autocrats-a playwright, a producer, a director, a stage manager, designers, and, above all, actors. Each accommodates the others, and may overlap others in function when necessary. But each autocrat assumes distinct responsibilities and accepts them completely.

- Laurence Sterne

topic: Responsibility, Goal, Effort, Live Theater, Stage Managers

I want to do #‎ stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, "There's nothing like live theater, blah blah," but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

- Anna Kendrick

source: Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.

topic: People, Want, Theater, Live Theater, Blah

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

- Samantha Barks

source: "Samantha Barks, Eponine In ‘Les Miserables,’ On Winning One Of Hollywood’s Most Coveted Roles". Interview With Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2012.

topic: Yelling, Laughing, Buzz, Live Theater

Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time.

- Harry Connick, Jr.

source: "It's One Of The Greatest Forms Of Entertainment We Have". Interview with Sachin Bhola, www.askmen.com. March 8, 2011.

topic: Powerful, Thinking, Good Times, Live Theater, Had A Good Time

Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

- Louise Fletcher

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Drama, Thinking, Cameras, Live Television, Live Theater

I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts.

- Jason Reitman

topic: Fun, Play, Tables, Live Theater

Good live theater disturbs molecules. You create an energy source around yourself and it alternates between you and the audience. Anybody who sees live theater should come out a little rearranged.

- Glenn Close

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Energy, Molecules, Littles, Live Theater

We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.

- Neil Patrick Harris

topic: Basketball, New York, College, Live Theater, College Basketball

The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me

- Neil Patrick Harris

topic: Night, Eight, Discipline, Live Theater, Perfect Things

I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance to do, even though I had trained to be a stage actress.

- Angela Lansbury

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Actresses, Chance, Theater, Live Theater

You want people to think. You want people to be emotionally moved. And there's a theory behind that in terms of storytelling. It has been around for thousands of years. And that's where something like live theater or a live performance is something that is very valuable because you get instant feedback from your audience and you kind of know the things that work and the things that don't work.

- George Lucas

source: "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

topic: Thinking, Years, People, Live Performance, Live Theater

If I had to pick one form of acting, it would be live theater. That's where I started; that's where I became a man, I think I'm still finishing up that job.

- Nick Offerman

source: "Nick Offerman on Voicing FXX’s ‘Axe Cop’ and His Love of Live Theater". Interview with Lance Carter, www.dailyactor.com. April 23, 2015.

topic: Jobs, Men, Thinking, Live Theater, Finishing Up

I love live theater; I like the relationship between the show and the audience. That's my comfort zone, but more than anything, it's what makes me happy.

- Kristin Chenoweth

source: "Five Favorite Films With Kristin Chenoweth". Interview with Tim Ryan, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. March 28, 2013.

topic: Comfort, Theater, Make Me Happy, Live Theater

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

- Naturi Naughton

topic: Dream, Thinking, One Day, Live Theater

As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible.

- Jesse L. Martin

topic: Acting, Students, Impossible, Live Theater

Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.

- Eartha Kitt

topic: Television, Theater, Live Theater

Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.

- Rob Paulsen

topic: Class, Voice, Creative, Live Theater, Performing Live