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"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."
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"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."
"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."
"I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial."
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"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."
"Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated."
"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication."
"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."
"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet."
"There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning."
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