I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.
The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place.
If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever, that you're a disgrace to the profession, that you're a disgrace to yourself. It's an awful feeling.
Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.
The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.
I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.
Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.
'The Globe' is one of the most terrifying theatres in London. It's that mob element - everyone packed in and staring up at you.
More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.