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Acting - Actors Quotes
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.
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.
