If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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.
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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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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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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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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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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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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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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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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 knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious
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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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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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I’m a bad liar; I don’t know what to say backstage.
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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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