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