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A famous theatrical actress
Played best in the role of malefactress.
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Why must it always end this way?
A dais with woman reading, with the ruckus of her hair
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The shadow of the Venetian blind on the painted wall,
Shadows of the snake-plant and cacti, the plaster animals,
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The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less ...
Acting is a form of confession.
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theater that only one man in it can count on steady work--the night watchman.
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of ...
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
An actor must communicate his author's given message--comedy, tragedy, serio- comedy; then comes his unique moment, as he is confr ...
An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. A woman in agony of spirit might turn ...
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