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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.
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to read more
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical read more
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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.
The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.
The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is read more
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
