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I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my
own just above the others; because in read more
I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my
own just above the others; because in it I recognize the union
and culmination of my own. To me it seems as if when God
conceived the world, that was Poetry; He formed it, and that was
Sculpture; He colored it, and that was Painting; He peopled it
with living beings, and that was the grand, divine, eternal
Drama.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster.
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.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting
'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting
'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.
Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.
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.
