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
UTA HAGENOne cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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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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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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Awards don’t really mean much.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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