My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in theatre, and said 'Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an actor.' A couple of weeks after I graduated college I called my mother up and said 'Can I borrow $200?' and she said 'Why don't you act like you've got $200.'
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
Prologues like compliments are loss of time;
'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme.
Who teach the mind its proper face to scan,
And hold the faithful mirror up to man.
Who teach the mind its proper face to scan,
And hold the faithful mirror up to man.
Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.
Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.
There still remains to mortify a wit
The many-headed monster of the pit.
There still remains to mortify a wit
The many-headed monster of the pit.
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
