Ability Quote by Jean-Louis Barrault Download Open image “Acting is the ability to keep an audience from coughing.” — Jean-Louis Barrault ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ability Acting Art Audience Coughing
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. — Ralph Richardson Copy Share Image
I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing. — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism. — Alan Jay Lerner Copy Share Image
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. — Alfred Lunt Copy Share Image
Acting is all about relating to the people on stage with you, even in plays that break the fourth wall. Clowning, for the most… — Bill Irwin Copy Share Image
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to,… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play. — Shawnee Smith Copy Share Image
Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice. — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
A classic is like a hidden treasure. Its core is buried under so many layers of varnish that it can be reached only by… — Jean-Louis Barrault Copy Share Image
The theatre has built a whole art round the actor, based on the man and his double - the actor and his character. — Jean-Louis Barrault Copy Share Image
When I wake up in the morning I want to feel hungry for life. Desire is what drives me. When I go to sleep,… — Jean-Louis Barrault Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac. — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
The youth of India has the strength to move the entire World with a click of a mouse, we have generated that ability! — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
