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“I have done thismade the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh ...”
“A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous or uncomfortable, just speak your truth. Instead of acting like everything ...”
“And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.”
“It was said that the world is a stage, and if that's true the show must go on no matter what happens. With that being true, we're all actors playing our parts and what is acting in its core, but re...”
“Actors are all about entrances, but writers are all about exits.”
“That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors.”
“Anything creative requires a bit of acting,and filling in blanks with imagination.”
“Your boss takes a dim view of SEX?”
“Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge o...”
“I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me.”
“I always am in a role, lovely for you, for them even for myself. Yeah... Even when Im alone, I am still in a role and I myself am the most exacting audience I have ever had.”
“When we do something, we may not think about why we are doing what we are doing, says Oehler, for then it would suddenly be totally impossible for us to do anything.”
“The words of his various writing instructors and professional mentors over the years came back to him at times like these, and he found a new understanding in their advice: Writing is rewriting. Th...”
“Even I dont know myself... In fact, I dont know if I really have a self at all, as Im constantly playing different roles and pretending not so much on stage as in real life...”
“Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?”
“Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.”
“Your true destiny is desperately waiting on you to start thinking, acting, and walking with faith and courage.”
“I feel as if I could be any thing or every thing, as if I could rant and storm, or sigh, or cut capers in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.”
“I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic, and a progressive religious exper...”
“Dont try to present your art by making other people read or hear or see or touch it; make them feel it. Wear your art like your heart on your sleeve and keep it alive by making people feel a little...”
