We`re talking about comparing it to a film, which was amazing, and the actors were such great actors in terms of style, but it`s important not to just hold onto that. My 15 year old nephew came to the show, and it`s his first Streetcar, and lots of people...
Amy Ryan
[on Vivien Leigh] Parts seem to haunt more actresses than actors. Poor darling Vivien was very much haunted. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) didn`t do her any good at all.
Laurence Olivier
[On one of his most famous characters, Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)] "Kowalski was always right, and never afraid. He never wondered, he never doubted. His ego was very secure. And he had the kind of brutal aggressiveness that I h...
Marlon Brando
Intellectually I`d love to play Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" . . . Can`t you just imagine me down in the streets yelling, "Stella! Stella!" God, the critics would have a lot of fun with that one.
Roddy McDowall