The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.
- Estelle Parsons
Stage, Staff, Behaved, Respected
In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.
- Estelle Parsons
Character, Doing, Audience, Wellspring
I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.
- Estelle Parsons
Gift, Always, Mitchell, Brian
At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.
- Estelle Parsons
Place, Theater, Point, Precarious
I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do.
- Estelle Parsons
Small, Think, I Think, Small Towns
I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.
- Estelle Parsons
Think, Caught, Move, I Believe In
All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.
- Estelle Parsons
Art, Generation, Chic, Art Form
Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore.
- Estelle Parsons
Young, Date, Tickets, Prices
I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.
- Estelle Parsons
Find, Artists, Few, Reviews
But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.
- Estelle Parsons
Skin, Got, Felt, Forgot
I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people.
- Estelle Parsons
Know, Like, Interested, Spectacle
For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.
- Estelle Parsons
Play, See, Condition, Human Condition
I have never been interested in specific roles.
- Estelle Parsons
Never, Been, Roles, Specific
When I see what I want, I do it.
- Estelle Parsons
Want, See, I See
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.
- Estelle Parsons
Now, Some, Reverence, Sadness
You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.
- Estelle Parsons
Trust, Character, Telling, Luck
Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.
- Estelle Parsons
Always, Been, Getting, Cyclical
It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.
- Estelle Parsons
Important, Give, Same, Respect
People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
- Estelle Parsons
Need, Call, Ever, Profession
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