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21 " A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening. "
22 " Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment. "
23 " Not to go to the theatre is like making one's toilet without a mirror. "
24 " You need three things in the theatre - the play the actors and the audience and each must give something. "
25 " Very few people go to the doctor when they have a cold they go to the theatre instead. "
26 " Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has bronchitis. "
27 " It's not called the Theatre of Dreams for nothing. "
28 " I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it. "
29 " There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an amazing play.' "
30 " When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing. "
31 " In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all. "
32 " 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! "
33 " A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. "
34 " Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that. "
35 " I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff. "
36 " The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. "
37 " I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire. "
38 " Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home. "
