Top 23 Quotes by Estelle Parsons

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

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

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

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

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

When I see what I want, I do it.

Acting is very start and stop.

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

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

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