2007-01-19 17:53:38 · 9 answers · asked by cali55 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
The great director John Houseman said:
"I did not say that actors WERE cattle,
I said they should be treated AS cattle"
2007-01-19 18:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by darthclown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brando is supposed to have said: "An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."
Orson Welles said: "In his heart of heart, every actor secretly believes every bad thing that has ever been written about him."
My favorite: while making the film "The Marathon Man," Laurence Olivier watched Dustin Hoffman run around the studio backlot between shots, so as to have the proper breathless/sweaty appearance for their scenes together. At one point, Olivier looked at Hoffman, sighed, and said: "Why not try ACTING, my dear boy?"
2007-01-20 15:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."
Wm Shakespeare-- As You Like It
2007-01-21 08:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by Clementine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves. -charlie chaplin
- Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. -charlie chaplin
- Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. -charlie chaplin
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quotes from "the libertine" :
- I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.
-But life is not a succession of urgent "nows". It's a listless trickle of "why should I's".
-I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.
-The theatre is my drug, and my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
2007-01-22 00:22:37 · answer #4 · answered by Veritesirum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Player:
"We're actors, we're the opposite of people."
2007-01-21 14:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by dramafiend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-20 04:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by eastglam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Rejection is part of acting,don't take it personally, also you won't likely become famous."
2007-01-21 21:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
" Act your age and not your shoe size"
2007-01-20 02:01:59 · answer #8 · answered by bambi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"There are no small actors, only small parts"
2007-01-20 03:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by institutionalized 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋