Chaplin was my idol. I remember watching those movies at this little theater in Woodstock, N.Y., when I was probably 6 and laughing so hard at the surprises, like Keaton suddenly being dragged by a streetcar. – Chevy Chase
Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups. – Bill Dedman
I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that. – Aidan Turner
Theater has always been something that I’ve had an interest in, but I was never a devoted fanatic theater-goer. – Michael Riedel
In the theater, you didn’t have any marks. Your instincts in rehearsal told you what the blocking was. On film, they reversed it. They decided ahead of time what your instincts were, before you even arrived. – Peter Falk
In the theater, I could envision myself as wonderful because of the audience response to my lines. – Eve Arden
Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on. – Chris Cooper
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. – Norman Vincent Peale
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. – F. Sionil Jose
The trick is to have my own particular taste and feel for the theater to audiences who have been used to one particular style and taste for nearly 40 years. – Michael Ritchie
When I entered college, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did. – David Selby
I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching. – Mary Elizabeth Winstead
The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater. – Diane Paulus
I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that’s really kind of a contradiction. – Natalie Zea
Having grown up around the theater, I’ve been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special. – Miguel Ferrer
When I was a little girl, I loved theater a lot and I was always playing and making my own worlds. – Emily Ratajkowski