Pastoral Resources

I love the theatre and theatre people.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.

We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved.

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.

Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to get the best effect you know it's more like an actor learning a part.

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.

You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.