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I'm at the National Theatre School, which is like the Juilliard of Canada. -- Jake Epstein
I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time. -- Robert Emms
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. -- Howard Barker
I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful. -- Douglas Booth
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that? -- Imelda Staunton
I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period. -- Brenda Blethyn
I started elocution lessons because I was being teased, and I had a brilliant drama teacher. At the age of 14, I appeared at the National Theatre in 'The Crucible.' -- Gina Bellman
My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. -- Colm Meaney
I've never done stand-up; I came via small-scale touring theatre, through the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, then I got employed on that as an actor who had a humorous sensibility. -- Mark Williams
I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way. -- Anthony Hopkins
I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. -- Helen McCrory
Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They can do plays that nobody else can afford to do in ways nobody else can afford to do. -- Toby Stephens
My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years. -- Didi Conn
In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National Theatre, at the Old Vic, near the South Bank, in 1963, institutionalized the symbolic importance of drama by giving it both a building and state funding. -- John Lahr
As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the National Theatre, that's who you play to. It's not money - it's good to get some, but that's not why I do it. You do it because you have to, to tell a story. -- Sylvester McCoy
Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon. -- David Harewood
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that -- Imelda Staunton
I don't see the theater as an establishment. The National Theatre has always seemed to me a people's theater. It was never meant to reinforce the values of the government of the day, nor does it, nor should it. -- David Hare
Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They can do plays that nobody else can afford to do in ways nobody else can afford to do." -- Toby Stephens
I think the writer's quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who, besides being the director, is also director of the National Theatre is, I'd have thought, slightly more risky. -- Alan Bennett
Getting the call to be in The Goblet of Fire was like being welcomed into the most exclusive upper circle of some elite actors' club. You sit on set with the cream of the National Theatre and the RSC, all clutching wands or wearing witches' hats. -- David Tennant
If I were a place, the area of South Bank, in London. Between the Hayward Gallery, National Theatre and all other activities, I'm never bored. I would also say New York for the breathtaking skyline formed by the buildings and the fast pace of the city, whatever the time of day. -- Robert Pattinson
The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf actors have often acquired very valuable skills and experience before they get their break. -- Richard Masur
Right before I graduated from the national theatre school, I got the part of Roxie Hart in 'Chicago' in Copenhagen. That led to me playing it here in London. I was 26 when I came over for that. It was the first thing I did as a professional, and it is still the experience of my life. -- Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier -- Tony Randall
I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier. -- Tony Randall
American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. -- Robert Dallek
I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying. -- Matthew Macfadyen
Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French. -- Cyril Cusack
I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company -- Tony Randall
I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company. -- Tony Randall
The National Youth Theatre did one very simple but incredible thing for me: it made me realise I had choices. -- Gina McKee
I had a very nice, cozy childhood. I did lots of plays at school and worked with the National Youth Theatre as a teenager. -- Lucy Punch

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