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• I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look. (Delta Burke) [school/theatre/books/take]
• If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you're better off and you'll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. (Delta Burke) [theatre]
• “I think theatre has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be.” (Mark Hamill) [think/theatre/character]
• “It's a whole different kind of anxiety. But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable.” (Emily Watson) [anxiety/thing/theatre]
• Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. (Juliette Binoche) [theatre/roots/people/family]
• “I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York” (Karen Allen) [theatre/find/desire/ability]
• “I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.” (Maggie Smith) [thing/theatre/ghost]
• I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it. (Julia Ormond) [theatre/people/feeling]
• I ride, and doing theatre after doing film is a bit like doing dressage or showjumping after you've been out for endless hacks, having just a wild old time. You're put through your paces in a different way. (Julia Ormond) [theatre/film/wild/time]
• Theatre sports is the best improv training period. (Wayne Brady) [theatre/training]
• When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful! (Roberto Benigni) [movie/movie/theatre/lawyer]
• I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts. (Matthew Ashford) [theatre]
• I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently. (Judith Light) [theatre/gay/people]
• I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck! (Deborah Bull) [theatre/time//right]
• You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be. (Katherine Dunham) [theatre]
• Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater. (Graeme Murphy) [theatre]

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