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"The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner."
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"The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean."
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"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."
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"When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity."
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"As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the piece from different points of view. That's what makes it interesting and keeps it alive."
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"I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do."
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"A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances."
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"A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts."
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"To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it."
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"I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance."
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"Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance."
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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
Play
"To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula."
Woman
"The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success."
Change
"The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible."
Love
"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."
Open
"It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more."
Love
"If you are not serious, people will sense it."
People
"Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman."
Actor
"My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me."
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"I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds."
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