Acting is very start and stop.
Estelle Parsons

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.
Estelle Parsons

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.
Estelle Parsons

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

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

For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.
Estelle Parsons

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.
Estelle Parsons

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

I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists.
Estelle Parsons

I have never been interested in specific roles.
Estelle Parsons


I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people.
Estelle Parsons

I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater.
Estelle Parsons

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.
Estelle Parsons

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.
Estelle Parsons

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

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.
Estelle Parsons

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.
Estelle Parsons

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
Estelle Parsons

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.
Estelle Parsons

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.
Estelle Parsons