Estelle Parsons Quotes
"I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Women, Artists)
"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Theater, Will)
"There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Acting, Actors, Now, Sadness)
"The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Actors, Managers)
"People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Work, People, Actors, Profession)
"It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Time, Respect)
"I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Man, Woman)
"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Work, Will)
"I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Life, Time, Theater)
"When I see what I want, I do it."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Want)
"I have never been interested in specific roles."
- Estelle Parsons
"You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Trust, Character, Luck)
"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."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: People, Laughter, Tears, Theater)
"Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Work, Theater)
"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Play)
"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."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Forget, Theater)
"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."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Character, Skin, Today)
"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: America, Theater)
"All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Art, Generations, Theater)
"Acting is very start and stop."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: Acting)
"I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people."
- Estelle Parsons
(Related: People)
"I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do."
- Estelle Parsons