Chekov's Quotes

#1. There was much to put out of his mind. Why was it difficult to forget Chekov's astonished delight which greeted him at the command airlock when he boarded. And on the bridge - Kirk! The mere name made Spock groan inwardly as he remembered what it had cost him to turn away from that welcome. T'hy'la!

Gene Roddenberry

#2. Some of the greatest works of theater, from Chekov's work to modern playwrights', consist of just a few people in a room with no one leaving.

Adam Rapp

#3. I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

Kenneth Branagh

#4. I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

Orlando Bloom

#5. All organizations are hierarchical. At each level people serve under those above them. An organization is therefore a structured institution. If it is not structured, it is a mob. Mobs do not get things done, they destroy things.

Theodore Levitt

#6. I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays.

Joe Anderson

#7. I could never seem to feel close enough to him. I wanted to crawl inside of his body, become a stowaway to his soul.

Krystal McLean

#8. When you're reading Chekov, you're in this world that he's created. I never would have created that world. I don't know anything about that time period or that setting or those groups of people or what those experiences were, but oh my gosh, it's amazing to daydream on it and put yourself there.

Brit Marling

#9. I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

Jeremy Irvine

#10. I studied acting in NYU's graduate program, in which we covered everything from Ibsen and Chekov to August Wilson and David Mamet.

Andre Holland

#11. Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them.

Scarlett Thomas

#12. Gabriel smiled slowly. I will always need you, Julianne.

Sylvain Reynard

#13. I think a lot of people who go to drama school have this ease with the text and they all have five monologues that they know by heart, and I never had that. I've done Chekov and I've done Moliere and I've done classic stuff

Tavis Smiley

#14. I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare.

Christine Woods

#15. I am used to wearing corsets. Even when I was first starting out it was either Shakespeare or Chekov. Everything that I was doing involved corsets. I guess I am just not destined to breathe that deeply.

Kate Beckinsale

#16. If the court wasn't ruled by emotions, we might as well not have lawyers or judges. Let machines do the work for us.

Anonymous

#17. Prince Maxon surveyed the room and found me. Our eye met for a moment, and he smiled.

Kiera Cass

#18. Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life.

Elbert Hubbard

#19. Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.

Carl Hagelin

#20. I like Chekov a lot.

Pierce Brosnan

#21. Life must be understood before getting old, most preferably, in youth!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#22. People hook up. People don't hook up. I don't judge.

Lamorne Morris

#23. I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

Casey Wilson