Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.
And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.
You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.
In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.
Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by Shakespeare or a musical.
I have a production company called Home Theater Films which makes faith-based films.
The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case why are there still restaurants? People still have kitchens in their home!
The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.
I was the classic liberal, left-wing, 'Theater is going to change the world' kind of person. You know, very, very boring.
When theater becomes a soothing middle-class thing, when it's packaged as the Night Out, then that's the death of it.
The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams.
Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old.
Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.
I think theater is a great training ground; I think it's a great opportunity to play.
I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.
My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.
The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.
I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.
My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.
I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.
I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater.
