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.
Acting - Actors Quotes
My dear boy, forget about the motivation. Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.
An actor’s success has the life expectancy of a small boy about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
It’s a weird dichotomy. So many of us are shy, and then we end up becoming actors. We’re shy exhibitionists.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
When you perform… you are out of yourself – larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly.
To respect one’s work and to do it well – to risk something in life was more important than being a star. To never sell your soul, to have self-esteem, to be true, was most important of all.
What does an actor do if he can’t talk? He has to wait for silent pictures to return.
For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
Everyone knows that people outside show business have show business fantasies-to be an actor, write a script, direct. What most people don’t know is that people in show business have retail fantasies – a little restaurant, maybe a ball team. I want a bookstore.
