One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
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.
More Uta Hagen Quotes
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I won’t go to England because they won’t let my dog in.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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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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Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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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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Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one’s own experience and sensations, to make one’s self heard and seen.
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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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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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All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
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I’m a bad liar; I don’t know what to say backstage.
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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
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no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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