“It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences ba...” — Ben Brantley Quote

“It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.”

“Whether you like it or not, a performance's triumphs and belly flops come to seem excruciatingly intimate, as if you were somehow partly responsible for them.”

“I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I like to think that's the function I serve for others.”

“Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.”

“The cliche was always that 'everybody's a critic,' but it becomes truer every day. Long before reviews appear in the traditional outlets, you can now usually discover - somewhere in the thickets of the Internet - reactions to shows from people who've seen them in previews.”

“If you agree with a critic, you admire him or her. If you disagree, you despise them. We all feel a great need to be confirmed in our opinions.”

“To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in his breeches pocket or anywhere but on his sleeve.”

“It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.”

“As a small brand, we do it all. We don't need an investor. We would never go anywhere or do anything where we feel it would compromise what we do.”

“When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.”

“For me it's best to play midfield but if the team needs it, I can play anywhere.”

“When you're training every day, recovery is so important. I find that foam rolling helps me to make sure I don't get tight anywhere so that I keep mobilised and keep on top of things.”