Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of your own family, perhaps, loving, anxious, and knowing nothing whatever . . . — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a black forest,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
I suppose that Paderewski can play superbly, if not quite at his best, while his thoughts wander to the other end of the world,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
