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.
UTA HAGENI won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.
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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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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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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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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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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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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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Awards don’t really mean much.
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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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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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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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