The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to. It is thus, like poetry and religion, a device for gladdening the heart with what is palpably not true.
Acting - Actors Quotes
I hope to God I don’t win an Oscar. It would really depress me if I did.
The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.
Some of the greatest love affairs I’ve known have involved one actor unassisted.
At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
The general consensus seems to be that I don’t act at all.
This was an actress (Beatrice Stella Tanner – Mrs. Patrick Campbell) who, for twenty years, had the world at her feet. She kicked it away, and the ball rolled out of her reach.
My dear boy, forget about the motivation. Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.
