I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
UTA HAGENI won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
UTA HAGENKeep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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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.
UTA HAGENOne cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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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.
UTA HAGENFor 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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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
UTA HAGENIf you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
UTA HAGENAll tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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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.
UTA HAGENIt 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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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.
UTA HAGENWe 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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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.
UTA HAGENUsually, 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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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
UTA HAGENI won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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Awards don’t really mean much.
UTA HAGENAwards don’t really mean much.
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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.
UTA HAGENThis 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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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
UTA HAGENWe 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.
UTA HAGENWe 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.
UTA HAGENOnce 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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