Estelle Parsons Quotes

Acting is very start and stop.

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

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

When I see what I want, I do it.

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

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

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

I earned my share same as everybody. Well, I coulda got killed same as everybody. And I'm wanted by the law same as everybody. I'm a nervous wreck, and that's the truth. I have to take sass from Miss Bonnie Parker all the time. I deserve mine.

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

I have never been interested in specific roles.

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

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

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 mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.

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

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

You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

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