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It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world…

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Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends,…
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting…
Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted…
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor.…
... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats,…
People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is…
...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.
This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt…
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after…
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty…

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Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we… — Jack Kornfield
We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are… — Herman Melville
No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of… — Samuel Johnson
We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around. — Naomi Judd
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
Not one of the creatures of blood can escape death. We all face it, and succumb to it. It follows us like… — David Gemmell
The love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we thank as love. — William Shakespeare
In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy… — Henri Bergson
One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we… — John Pomfret
I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the… — Rod Steiger
Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend, Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings — Nicholas Rowe
It doesn't matter how tough we are. Trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home, changes our lives. Trauma messes everybody… — Yasjaradat

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