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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."
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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
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"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."
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"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."
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"When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy."
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"I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling."
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"In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic."
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"I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do."
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Explore more quotes by Estelle Parsons

"In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience."
Character

"When I see what I want, I do it."
Want

"You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you."
Trust

"I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists."
Woman

"I like time off because I also have a life outside of theater."
Life

"I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come."
Work

"I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater."
People

"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
Play

"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."
America

"Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical."
Work
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