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 HAGENSince 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.
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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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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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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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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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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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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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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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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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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Awards don’t really mean much.
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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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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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