Robert Brustein
Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.Collection: Theatre
The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.Collection: Theatre
Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.Collection: Art
The commercial theatre may still be considered one of New York's primary tourist attractions, but . . . there is no longer an audience for serious Broadway plays. . . . Perhaps we should acknowledge that, having lost its traditional audience, Broadway can never again be a home for new plays.Collection: New York
On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.Collection: Eye
The love that previously dared not speak its name has now grown hoarse from screaming it.Collection: Names
The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.Collection: Hero
No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.Collection: Perception