Estelle Parsons Quotations

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

You cant just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

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

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.

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

I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do.

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

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

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

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.

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.

So I am hoping there will be more roles for women that allow the actors to expand to be truly great - an all around talented, gifted woman.

Bob, you do not know what they're gonna do. Some people are so disturbed by that dance, they can't look at it.

In this country, unlike many of the Slavic and European countries, you can't make a living only in the theater, so you have to do TV and movies.

I earned my share same as everybody. Well, I coulda got killed same as everybody. And I'm wanted by the law same as everybody. I'm a nervous wreck, and that's the truth. I have to take sass from Miss Bonnie Parker all the time. I deserve mine.

And because it's such a small town, your behavior is to some extent dictated by the fact that everybody in town knows you and you know everybody else.