Quotes from Estelle Parsons


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

    Art | Generation | Older


    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.

    Forget | High | Theater


    When I see what I want, I do it.


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

    Good | Save | Theater


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

    Stage | Respected | Staff


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

    Fire | Audience | Theater


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

    Gift | Brian | Agreed


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

    Work


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

    Life | Time | Outside


    I have never been interested in specific roles.

    Interested | Roles | Specific


    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.

    Laughter | Tears | Audience


    Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

    Work | Theater | Sort


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

    Respect | Time


    Acting is very start and stop.

    Start | Acting | Stop


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

    Sadness | Acting | Reverence


    People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

    Work | Themselves | Profession


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

    Woman | Small | Whether


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

    Moving | Interested


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

    Women | Wonderful | Artists


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

    Point | Theater | Precarious


       

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