Estelle Parsons Quotes

(on Faye Dunaway) I never met anyone with such a demoniacal drive to succeed as a movie star.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

When I see what I want, I do it.

For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.

We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it.

People who call themselves actors and can`t ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

I think in small towns like this one, whether you`re a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation`s art form.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

Don`t forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn`t really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore.

So I am hoping there will be more roles for women that allow the actors to expand to be truly great - an all around talented, gifted woman.

I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater.

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn`t deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don`t think it is theater.

I know people like spectacle, but I`m interested in moving people.

I mean, there are times when you aren`t working, but still believe that work will come.

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

In this country, unlike many of the Slavic and European countries, you can`t make a living only in the theater, so you have to do TV and movies.

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

And because it`s such a small town, your behavior is to some extent dictated by the fact that everybody in town knows you and you know everybody else.

You can`t just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

I have never been interested in specific roles.

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.

Acting is very start and stop.