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Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts. Whenever we want something from somebody or when we want to hide something or pretend, we're acting. Most people do it all day long.
MARLON BRANDO, New York Times, Jul. 2, 2004
For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
ETHEL BARRYMORE, George Jean Nathan's The Theatre in the Fifties
There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.
EDWARD ALBEE, WNBC TV interview, Jan. 9, 1966
A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be.... The voice is an instrument which the artist must learn to use with suppleness and sureness, as if it were a limb.
SARAH BERNHARDT, The Art of the Theatre
Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
ADRIEN BRODY, Men's Health, Dec. 2005
The actor is an athlete of the heart.
ANTONIN ARTAUD, The Theatre and Its Double
Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for the custard pie.
KATHARINE HEPBURN, Colin Jarman's The Book of Poisonous Quotes
When I connect to my soul, project it into another character, and then bring it to the stage or to a film--that has always been for me the great joy of acting. It's been as if my soul kind of leaps out of my body and is able to be free and dance around.
KYRA SEDGWICK, Newsweek, Oct. 15, 2007
Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing someone else, hanging around with a bunch of actors. I needed that, the way you need water.
SARAH JESSICA PARKER, Sam Magazine, 2005
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
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