I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
UTA HAGENI love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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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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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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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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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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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn’t be an actor. You’re in the wrong profession.
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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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I’m a bad liar; I don’t know what to say backstage.
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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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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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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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Awards don’t really mean much.
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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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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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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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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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