Uta Hagen Quotes

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.
UTA HAGEN

Before Human Being Peculiar Some
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.
UTA HAGEN

Chance Elad Mediocre Must Notion Regular Rob
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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Heard Last Married Together Year
Awards don’t really mean much.
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Award Mean Much Really
Once in a while, there’s stuff that makes me say, That’s what theatre’s about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn’t happen very often.
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Make One Stage Theatre Very While
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.
UTA HAGEN

Dexterity Effortless Since
Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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Sensitive
no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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Ever Keep Performance Static
I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don’t go.
UTA HAGEN

Go Large Mediocre Theatre Think
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don’t.
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