I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.
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The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
I'm passionate about music, and I feel that theatre has an extraordinarily musical ability in the way it operates on the audience.
I think theater ought to be theatrical.
I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space.
As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was.
When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.
The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.
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