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  • " In good times and bad, we know that people give because you meet needs, not because you have needs."

    - Kay Grace

    Source: http://www.museummarketingtips.com/quotes/giving.html


  • " Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

    - Oprah Winfrey

    Source: http://www.museummarketingtips.com/quotes/giving.html


  • " Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul."

    - Henrik Ibsen

    Source: http://www.notable-quotes.com/p/playwriting_quotes.html


  • " Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."

    - David Ives

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/david_ives.html


  • " I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story in cinematic ways, but theater is a much more elusive craft."

    - David Ives

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/david_ives.html


  • " Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion."

    - Kate Reid

    Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/acting


  • " Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four."

    - Katherine Hepburn

    Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/acting


  • " I love acting. It is so much more real than life."

    - Oscar Wilde

    Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/acting


  • " Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing."

    - Ralph Richardson

    Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/acting


  • " Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent."

    - Alan Rickman

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alanrickma251358.html


  • " Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over."

    - Alan Rickman

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alanrickma251360.html


  • " Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously."

    - Judy Holliday

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/judyhollid227986.html


  • " Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops."

    - George P. Baker

    Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgepba199310.html


  • " White male playwrights' works continue to dominate production slates. Sometimes it seems easier for them to have the texts of their driver's licenses produced than for the female or non-white playwright to have her best play produced. The reality is, they are more often given that all-important opportunity to fail than the women's play or ethnic play."

    - Velina Hasu Houston

    Source: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/quotes.html


  • " The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

    - William James

    Source: http://www.museummarketingtips.com/quotes/giving.html


  • " I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect."

    - David Mamet


  • " A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor."

    - Eric Bentley

    Source: In Search of Theater


  • " Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery."

    - Anthony Hopkins

    Source: Hello! Special Edition, 9.6.01.


  • " I think actors have a greater responsibility when doing comedy. It's as easy as anything to get cheap laughs, but that's not the idea at all. "The slight trip syndrome," we call it. With tragedy one can get away with things a bit more because audiences don't always know how to react."

    - Peter Bowles

    Source: Richmond Magazine, April 2001


  • " A lot of the actresses who have had most impact in musicals have been character actresses. And character is an essential ingredient of the best shows. In Merrily We Roll Along, for instance, I got to play a character with such a marvellous span - from boozy, fat, cynical 45-year-old to an 18-year-old in love with life ... I'd rather see her [Dame Judi Dench] do a musical than anyone with 10 times the voice."

    - Samantha Spiro

    Source: London Sunday Times Culture Magazine, 25.3.01