Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself.
UTA HAGENWe were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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I’m a bad liar; I don’t know what to say backstage.
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This concept must be changed; we must realize in our bones that almost everything in time and history has changed except the human being.
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The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn’t look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular… it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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Awards don’t really mean much.
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The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.
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Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one’s own experience and sensations, to make one’s self heard and seen.
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For some strange reason, we believe that anyone who lived before we were born was in some peculiar way a different kind of human being from any we have come in contact with in our own lifetime.
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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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Usually, someone who’s in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can’t walk out if I don’t like it.
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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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