Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative.
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.
It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.
I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.
In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.
My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do films, having to do with location, money, and first and foremost having to do with script and role and director.
What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity.
What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.
With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it's more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time.