top of page
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes

"Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness."

Standard 
 Customized
"Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness."

Exlpore more Actor quotes

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."

Explore more quotes by Helen Hayes

Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"Age is not important unless you're a cheese."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"There is only one terminal dignity - love."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"If you rest, you rust."
Quote_1.png
Helen Hayes
"The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life."
bottom of page