28 Movie Quotes about Theater with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Aug 18, 2026

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11 Dinner later, I think. Nothing before. I want you to always see Shakespeare on an empty stomach. -Not even a pretzel?

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Doris Dowling as Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

12 I thought he was one of them performance artists, that's what I thought. You know, the sort of guy that pisses in a cup on stage and then drinks it. Performance art.

Quote from Se7en (1995)

13 Um, why are you whispering? -It's for dramatic emphasis.

Steve Whitmire as Rizzo the Rat; Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo in The Muppet Christmas Carol

14 We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions.

Ed Harris as Christof in The Truman Show

15 Well, you see, I was a different girl, then. I was really rather naive. All my knowledge came from books and I'd just finished a novel about a glamorous French actress from the Comedie Francaise. That's a theater in France.

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

16 You see, my mistake was I didn't realize that the difference between this glamorous lady and me was that she was with the Comedie Francaise and I was with Matuschek and Company.

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

17 Take off that prop room mask!

Quote from Phantom of the Opera (1943)

18 You know what this place needs? I mean, besides new curtains and chandeliers. It needs some class, a little culture, choreography, and some influence of the theater.

Burt Reynolds as Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

19 Why, thank you. I always fancied myself a singer. I almost performed in the bus and truck tour of West Side Story. They said I wasn't right for Maria. What do they know? I feel pretty.

Mandy Patinkin as Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

20 Have you ever been to one of these shows before? -No, I can't say that I have. -Then perhaps I should warn you about this first scene. -What first scene? -When the carriage crosses the swollen river.

Duncan Watson as Charlie Brown in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown