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My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's read more
My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.
All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive read more
All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man
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 center of the stage is where I am.
The center of the stage is where I am.
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.
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve read more
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
I just love, I love, I love movies.
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends read more
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what read more
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.