Annaleigh Ashford Quotes

It's not a party until the fire department shows up.

You know, when something like, even like a coal mine disaster, or something like this, you think that well everybody's going to make a run to be able to get out, but it happened to fast that they were just all dead.

The cries of the sufferers on the remaining part of the wreck were heard during the night.

Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!

When you're in N.Y.C. and they shut down one of the bridges, this is a movie!

I suppose I try to look for those things where the world turns on you. It's every automobile accident, every accident at a party, you're having a good time until suddenly you're not.

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.

Here in America, every single actor, since they were little boys, they sing and dance and perform like angels. We don't do that. We are actors who work in a theater in very classic performances or plays.

Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

I was an usher at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. You had to watch whatever play they had on 40 times.

Wars are detested by mothers.

Every war is a national misfortune.

War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

I hate phone calls, so I believe in a telephone armistice. To me, the idea of calling someone unprompted is basically saying, 'Hey, stop whatever you're doing and talk to me right now.' If you find yourself in the middle of something, getting an unprompted annoyance is incredibly frustrating.

I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.

War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury their children.

I don't want awkward shows with people looking at their phones or tweeting. That's something you should do at home.

I think the single most important thing for a job interview is leave the phone in your bag and do not look at it for 20 minutes.

I put my phone on 'do not disturb' a lot.

You walk into a restaurant these days, and what you see is everyone with their phone next to them. That is terrible. Instead of concentrating on the relationship, on the needs and activities and interests of the other person, they are constantly looking at their phone.

What a great way to make some money is just fine somebody $300 if their phone rings in the theatre. That'll make them remember to turn it off.

Sometimes in a big theatre, you have about, probably, six yards sometimes between you and the first person in the audience. It's almost like you've got to jump across a little pond to get there and then keep moving.