{"quotes":[{"text":"The intoxication with the theatre, with its limelight, costumes, and masks, and with its passions and conflicts, accords well with the adolescence of a man who was to act his role with an intense sense of the dramatic, and of whose life it might indeed be said that its very shape had the power and pattern of classical tragedy.","author":"Isaac Deutscher","tags":["biography","drama","leon-trotsky","theatre"],"id":1247,"author_id":"Isaac+Deutscher"},{"text":"The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king truth comes riding on a donkey symbolic actions - even parading without a permit! ","author":"David Kirk","tags":["theatre","king","poor "],"id":4090,"author_id":"David+Kirk"},{"text":"It's not called the Theatre of Dreams for nothing.","author":"Henrikh Mkhitaryan","tags":["theatre","nothing "],"id":6727,"author_id":"Henrikh+Mkhitaryan"},{"text":"God is fucking stealing souls again!","author":"Stephen Adly Guirgis","tags":["god","jesus","play","religious","satan","theatre"],"id":8937,"author_id":"Stephen+Adly+Guirgis"},{"text":"There are five stages to an actor's career: who is Herschel Bernardi? Get me Herschel Bernardi  get me a Herschel Bernardi type  get me a young Herschel Bernardi  and who is Herschel Bernardi?","author":"Herschel Bernardi","tags":["acting","theatre"],"id":9817,"author_id":"Herschel+Bernardi"},{"text":"When the audience knows you know better  it's satire  but when they think you can't do any better  it's corn.","author":"Spike Jones","tags":["acting","theatre"],"id":10569,"author_id":"Spike+Jones"},{"text":"A talent for drama is not a talent for writing  but is an ability to articulate human relationships.","author":"Gore Vidal","tags":["acting","theatre"],"id":11500,"author_id":"Gore+Vidal"},{"text":"You have to understand your best. Your best isn't Barrymore's best or Olivier's best or my best, but your own. Every person has his norm. And in that norm every person is a star. Olivier could stand on his head and still not be you. Only you can be you. What a privilege! Nobody can reach what you can if you do it. So do it. We need your best, your voice, your body. We don't need for you to imitate anybody, because that would be second best. And second best is no better than your worst.","author":"Stella Adler","tags":["acting","confidence","drama","self-belief","self-esteem","theatre"],"id":14264,"author_id":"Stella+Adler"},{"text":"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.","author":"Gail Godwin","tags":["good","preparation","theatre "],"id":14479,"author_id":"Gail+Godwin"},{"text":"Life is like theatre. Each new day is a new scene with new acts and roles to portray. The sets always change. You come across new dialogue and lines to exchange between others. Scripts are improvised. But the beauty in it is that everyday, you are constantly learning who you are and how others around you are. Express yourself and empathize. It's okay to wear a mask every now and then but remember that you'll eventually meet fellow thespians who will find a way to break down your walls and barriers. Remember another thing: this isn't a dress rehearsal. And God is your ultimate Director. Let Him write your script and call the cuts. Allow Him to provide you with the applause that truly matters. Let Him open up your heart to real self discovery. He is the best playwright that never dies. He lives. And so do you when you learn to let go and step on the stage of life.","author":"Melody Joy","tags":["acting","confidence","faith","god","life","meaning-of-life","spiritual","theatre","thespians"],"id":14654,"author_id":"Melody+Joy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":227,"pages":23,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}