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"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

"It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable."

"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow."

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

"As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive."

"Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor."
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"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."

"Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized."

"A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered."
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