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> [I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with each other, so that their continuous presence in a company, as in England, is not absolutely necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/i-believe-and-this-is-perhaps-too-nationalistic-a-view-that-the/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

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## More by Arthur Penn

> [Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and above the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/tap-into-what-you-don-t-want-to-say-tap-into-that-secret-place/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [A lot of directors in television have come up through the technical ranks. They have all the technical skills in the world. They're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/a-lot-of-directors-in-television-have-come-up-through-the-technical/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [I believe that a large part of the training in the regional theaters is in imitation of the British style of acting. The British…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/i-believe-that-a-large-part-of-the-training-in-the-regional-theaters/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/i-think-there-s-a-quality-of-passion-to-the-american-actor-i-m/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [One has a sort of spiritual obligation to go back to the source material of the literature, to make contact with one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/one-has-a-sort-of-spiritual-obligation-to-go-back-to-the-source/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [“The Queen, bless her heart, has cultivated procrastination to a degree which is really an art--when one is vexed, as I fear I often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/the-queen-bless-her-heart-has-cultivated-procrastination-to-a-degree/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/i-don-t-storyboard-i-guess-it-dates-back-to-my-days-in-live/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> ['400 Blows' was so much like my own childhood, it really stunned me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/400-blows-was-so-much-like-my-own-childhood-it-really-stunned-me/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with each other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/i-believe-and-this-is-perhaps-too-nationalistic-a-view-that-the/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

> [Good actors go to emotional places where nobody else wants to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-penn/good-actors-go-to-emotional-places-where-nobody-else-wants-to-go/)

[Arthur Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-penn/)

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