Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Quote by Robert Brustein

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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please...

Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream.

Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream.

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the...

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the...

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman,...

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman,...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

I want to be alone.

I want to be alone.

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast,...

It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast,...

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It...

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It...

If a movie is described as a romantic comedy you can usually find me next...

If a movie is described as a romantic comedy you can usually find me next...

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except...

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and...

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and...

Some trials look as much like the trial of an ordinary criminal case as a...

Some trials look as much like the trial of an ordinary criminal case as a...

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in...

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in...

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

Right where i left you... Not where i left you?

Right where i left you... Not where i left you?

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife...

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary...