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> [ “\[Monty\] talks about Fritz Perls and the Gestalt theory. The here and now is the only time that exists. And being yourself. Not accepting yourself, not taking yourself for granted. Being yourself. Your self. Monty defines 'normality' as a contententment… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/monty-talks-about-fritz-perls-and-the-gestalt-theory-the-here-and-now/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

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## More by Antony Sher

> [As we're leaving the King's Arms Hotel after Sunday lunch, I watch a beautiful white dove walking down the wet road. A car approaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/as-we-re-leaving-the-king-s-arms-hotel-after-sunday-lunch-i-watch-a/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [ “\[Monty\] talks about Fritz Perls and the Gestalt theory. The here and now is the only time that exists. And being yourself. Not accepting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/monty-talks-about-fritz-perls-and-the-gestalt-theory-the-here-and-now/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [I don't believe in an afterlife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/i-don-t-believe-in-an-afterlife/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn't all been that way is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/i-have-a-woody-allen-jewish-attitude-to-life-that-it-s-all-going-to/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/my-grandparents-all-came-from-lithuania-to-south-africa/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [Reading Shakespeare is sometimes like looking through a window into a dark room. You don't see in. You see nothing but a reflection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/reading-shakespeare-is-sometimes-like-looking-through-a-window-into-a/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/you-don-t-expect-to-get-the-letter-saying-her-majesty-would-like-to/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [“Ciss says, 'People have less emotions than actors think they have. For much of the time we hide our emotions, we haven't time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/ciss-says-people-have-less-emotions-than-actors-think-they-have-for/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [ I've been quoting the book \[on Peter Sutcliffe\] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/i-ve-been-quoting-the-book-on-peter-sutcliffe-constantly-in/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/most-of-my-career-has-been-spent-with-the-rsc-doing-shakespeare-and/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [We've all got darkness inside us. And I've got quite a lot of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/we-ve-all-got-darkness-inside-us-and-i-ve-got-quite-a-lot-of-darkness/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/a-lot-of-good-actors-tend-to-be-quite-introverted-as-people/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [I believe deeply in therapy. There's no one in the world who wouldn't benefit from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/i-believe-deeply-in-therapy-there-s-no-one-in-the-world-who-wouldn-t/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/every-play-i-do-every-book-i-write-every-painting-i-paint-i-will/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

> [I'm a complete technophobe. I can't even email.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/i-m-a-complete-technophobe-i-can-t-even-email/)

[Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/)

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