We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
UTA HAGENThe 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.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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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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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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I love playing Chekhov. That’s the hardest; that’s why I love it most.
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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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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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no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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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 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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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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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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