Quote by Denis Diderot
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. – Denis Diderot

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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world youve got to keep your feet warm. – Denis Diderot

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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – Denis Diderot

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The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything – Antonin Artaud

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…I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism. – Minnie Maddern Fiske

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Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. – Robert Brustein

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I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that its more of an actors medium. I think that film is more of a directors medium. You cant edit something out on stage. Its there. – Kim Cattrall

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