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So you might say, 'Why do you end up making theatre in a world in which there is already too much of that? Creating layer upon layer of artifice?' Perhaps the function is to pierce through that cloud and show reality - so the function of art is to make things - to show: 'Hang on, this is real.'

Art Theatre World Reality End You

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.

Men Angry Writing Theatre Political

With musical theatre, although there are rules, they're so different to the ones I feel like I have accidentally been ingrained with writing pop music. The main point is to tell the story. You just have to make sure the character's voice is strong and the storytelling is strong.

Music Character Writing Theatre You

A lot of respect to people who do theatre, but I wouldn't make a good theatre actor is what I feel.

Good Respect People Theatre Feel

The think that we hung the film version all on was 'Hedwig' on tour. On stage, it's one theatre, one show. It just seemed natural to change it. In the film, we were able to go to flashback rather than have her talk to the audience. And we had the play to practice and to see where we had made mistakes.

John Cameron Mitchell

Change Mistakes Practice Theatre Go

Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.

Moment Theatre Name Street Own Your

Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject.

Great Theatre Story Thought Result

I grew up performing in theatre.

Theatre Up Performing Grew

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

Tristan Bernard

Theatre Audience Things Expect Wants

I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience.

Love Me Door Theatre You Meet

I can never say that I will never return to musical theatre. There may be a part in the future that I really want to do. I love plays as well. I am very open to ideas. I hope to do many things in the future.

Sarah Brightman

Love Future Hope I Am Ideas Theatre

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!

Teacher School Me Theatre Person

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

Me Theatre Action Stand Doing Want

I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

Juliette Binoche

Mother Teacher Great Soul Theatre

I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.

Good Best Me Theatre Language Learn

In 1969, I wrote a musical called 'Mother Earth.' It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater.

Mother Theatre Small Earth Rock

I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.

Love Time Commitment Man Theatre

Imagining things are there that are not really there, with the green screen, is very much like theatre, when you're looking at the fourth wall.

Green Theatre Looking You Wall Like

I'd love to work across all three fields - theatre, film and TV.

Jenna-Louise Coleman

Work Love Theatre Three Fields Film

It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground.

Great Theatre Way More Old Where

If you are not getting people who have never been to the theatre before to come, then you are not doing your job.

Job People Theatre Doing You Never

My father is a visual artist, so I was influenced by him, and my mother is an English teacher who forced me to read a lot of books and poetry and get involved in theatre. I developed a varied taste for different arts.

Father Mother Teacher Poetry Theatre

The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That's what they were written for. That's where the enjoyment is. Studying them is no enjoyment whatsoever.

Theatre You Seeing Studying Real

The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.

Life Change Business Balance Theatre

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