I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.
Interpretation
The joy of performing in live theater comes from the camaraderie and energy shared among the cast and crew.
In this quote, Jason Alexander highlights the unique and exhilarating experience of live theater, emphasizing that the true reward lies not only in performing for an audience but also in the strong bond formed with fellow performers. The synergy created through collective effort and shared passion for the craft is what makes the experience captivating and fulfilling.
In practice
In a speech at the community arts festival, you could quote this to highlight the importance of collaboration in local theater productions.
In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.
Give me artificial flowers - porcelain and metal glories - neither fading nor decaying, forms unaging. Flowers of the splendid gardens of another place, where Forms and Styles and Knowledge dwell. I love flowers made of glass or gold, true Art's true gifts, their painted hues more beautiful than nature's, worked in nacre and enamel, with perfect leaves and branches.
For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated, and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic.
Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . .
A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and depict it exactly as one sees it.
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