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Cinema Quote by Fiona Shaw

“I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.” quote by Fiona Shaw — Download Open image

“I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.”

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I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.

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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.

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Theater dates very quickly.

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