People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.
I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! People had long intermissions, probably.
To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.
I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.
I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.
I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.
When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!
You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.
If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a... factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line. You don't have time to perfect anything in television.
People don't know this, but I'm going through a lot every time I walk on stage, which is part of doing theater. That's why it's so addictive, I must say.
Zidler: Remember, a real show, in a real theater, with a real audience. And you'll be... Satine: A real actress.
You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV.
Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.
A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.
I want to do more movies. I feel like it's a totally different skill set than there is to theater. It's much more internal.
In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery.
I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.
Red the Bum: [Marty has crashed into a theater after getting back to 1985] Crazy drunk driver.
