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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.

Uta Hagen

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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Chance Elad Extraordinary Mediocre Must Notion Overcome Regular Rob
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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Actor Character Dexterity Effortless Instrument Same Since
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don’t.
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Actor Good Love Movie Something Watch
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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Colleague Disciple Freeze Interpretation Must Note Often Stuck Thinker Trend Work
If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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Actor Bourgeois Existence Profession Wrong
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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Day Every Higher Knowledge Learn Make More Other Rach Something
All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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Inspire Moment One Worth
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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Event Happen Human Make Man One Stage Theatre Very While
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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Before Born Different Human Being Kind Live Peculiar Reason Some Strange
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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Cornerd Get Out Show Someone Usually Walk
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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Ability Country Democracy Dependent Dissent Dogma Philosopher Prescribe Since Time
Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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Envision Future Keep Moon Pace Present Take Trip
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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Always Heard Last Little Love Married Person Relationship Together Year
I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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Country Dog Go
Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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Country Enjoy Maybe Month Most Play
We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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Allow Author Hostess Hump Say Screw

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