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.
UTA HAGENIt must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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Awards don’t really mean much.
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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.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don’t.
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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.
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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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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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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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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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It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition.
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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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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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I’m a bad liar; I don’t know what to say backstage.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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