Uta Hagen Quotes and Sayings
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“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.”
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“Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.”
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“The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.”
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“Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself- and to do so takes AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION”
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“The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious”
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“Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.”
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“I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.”
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“We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.”
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“I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.”
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