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In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect
In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you read more
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.
We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for read more
We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama of ourselves.
For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about read more
For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work read more
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.
The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
