A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

A long, exact, and serious comedy;
In every scene some moral let it teach,
And, if it read more

A long, exact, and serious comedy;
In every scene some moral let it teach,
And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.

The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

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.

And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop
To the low mimic follies of a farce,
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And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop
To the low mimic follies of a farce,
As a grave matron would to dance with girls.

You need three things in the theatre--the play, the actors and the audience,--and each must give something.

You need three things in the theatre--the play, the actors and the audience,--and each must give something.