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If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.
The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
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.
Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime.
In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;
Mad wag! who pardon'd none, read more
Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime.
In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;
Mad wag! who pardon'd none, nor spared the best,
And turn'd some very serious things to jest.
Nor church nor state escaped his public sneers,
Arms nor the gown, priests, lawyers, volunteers;
"Alas, poor Yorick!" now forever mute!
Whoever loves a laugh must sigh for Foote.
We smile, perforce, when histrionic scenes
Ape the swoln dialogue of kings and queens,
When "Chrononhotonthelogos must die,"
And Arthur struts in mimic majesty.
The best actors do not let the wheels show.
The best actors do not let the wheels show.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
