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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,
  As read more 
 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. 
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and at the same time selling yourself.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and at the same time selling yourself.
 The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
 For we that live to please, must please to live.  
 The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
 For we that live to please, must please to live. 
I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen read more
I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen Spielberg at a breast cancer benefit and he explained that he’d seen me on Saturday Night Live and thought I was ready for a movie. He said, ‘You go to the ledge and are unafraid to jump off.’ That was the biggest compliment to me because he was saying I was free.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
 Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, 
prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all 
in read more 
 Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, 
prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all 
in one, and audience into the bargain. 
 The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behind
the curtain to congratulate you on your performance
Sai Baba
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 The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behind
the curtain to congratulate you on your performance
Sai Baba
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