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 HAGENKeep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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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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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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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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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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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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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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One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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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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Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.
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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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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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