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Posted: 9/19/07 at 12:03pm

Patrick....it's interesting that you cited this quote: "I might not know if we are in an adventure. So if we get into an adventure you say.....Pudding!"

I can recall the run of "Assassins", in which you included that word at every opportunity. Is that what you meant? Do you think Byck's "motivation" (can't believed I used that word!) was to have an adventure?

Adds a whole new level to his character!

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Posted: 9/19/07 at 12:52pm

Gee wasnt there a cool quote in "Pippin"

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Posted: 9/20/07 at 11:19am

One of my favorite quotes that I've used both as an actor and a director is from Michael Caine. It's more of a piece of advice, since it doesn't lend itself easily to a pithy sig.

Basically, he was discussing one of his early stage roles, essentially playing a spear carrier. He was standing upstage behind the main actors when the director asked him what he was doing. He replied "I don't have anything to say . . ."

The director responded, "Wrong. You ALWAYS have something to say. You just don't get to say it."

Best piece of advice I've ever heard for keeping a character alive.

The other great quote was advice given by Laurence Olivier to Dustin Hoffman, when Hoffman (a dedicated method man) was agonizing over how to play a role. Olivier looked at him and said, "Just act it."

Love it.

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Posted: 9/20/07 at 9:17pm

One of the ones I use now & then;-
While Film is Art, Theatre is Life, TV is still Furniture.
{I think that's how it goes?]

Joe
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Hear the light & see the sound.
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to a full house}

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Posted: 9/20/07 at 11:14pm

Fpllowing on from Beenthantroll posting about Sir Laurance.
It was sopposed to have been said by the ebcumbered lighting techie of the Old Vic.
Att the time Sir Larry was in rehearsing some Shakespieare play or other.
The Lampy was having great problems giving them adiquate lighting,
When ol' Larry threw a wobbly & admonished the techie about his unprofessional lighting.
Saying 'One can't be expecred to work under these condiyions! This would never have happened in Shakespeares or anciet Greek times my boy!"
To this the techie replied"Ah yes, but look who they had as thier head lighting tecnician?"
[With that he switched off the Mains]
"GOD!"
[then went home]

Joe
Western Gondawandaland
turn right @ Perth.
Hear the light & see the sound.
Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"}
May you always play
to a full house}

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Posted: 9/25/07 at 10:37pm

Ah - how could I forget my favorite? From A CHORUS LINE, "Hello Twelve...", Cassie: "Listen to your mother: Those stage & movie people got there because they're special..."

There's a little bit of diva in all of us. Some just have a larger helping than others.

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Posted: 9/26/07 at 10:26am

If you want to suceed in this business?
Get your self a manager & stop handling your self!

Joe
Western Gondawandaland
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Hear the light & see the sound.
Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"}
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to a full house}

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Posted: 9/28/07 at 3:07pm

gaafa, I have always liked your hear the light see the sound quote.. it comes across as a techie mantra... as we work to transport with sets, lights and other effects, each should transend its own medium if possible... When you do a good tech job, you should be able to smell the place your suppose to be..

Marty W

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Posted: 9/28/07 at 4:26pm

Marty I've been around you after a full day working on the set and believe me we can smell the place you are.

Patrick L. Davis
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Posted: 10/07/07 at 7:25pm

My favorite theatre quote was by the infamous literati Dorothy Parker after seeing Katherine Hepburn in the dramatic play THE LAKE............

"Miss Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."

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red diva Celebrity Joined: 5/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 199	Posted: 9/19/07 at 12:03pm
	Patrick....it's interesting that you cited this quote: "I might not know if we are in an adventure. So if we get into an adventure you say.....Pudding!" I can recall the run of "Assassins", in which you included that word at every opportunity. Is that what you meant? Do you think Byck's "motivation" (can't believed I used that word!) was to have an adventure? Adds a whole new level to his character!
	"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"
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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 9/19/07 at 12:52pm
	Gee wasnt there a cool quote in "Pippin"
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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benhamtroll Player Joined: 9/19/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 9/20/07 at 11:19am
	One of my favorite quotes that I've used both as an actor and a director is from Michael Caine. It's more of a piece of advice, since it doesn't lend itself easily to a pithy sig. Basically, he was discussing one of his early stage roles, essentially playing a spear carrier. He was standing upstage behind the main actors when the director asked him what he was doing. He replied "I don't have anything to say . . ." The director responded, "Wrong. You ALWAYS have something to say. You just don't get to say it." Best piece of advice I've ever heard for keeping a character alive. The other great quote was advice given by Laurence Olivier to Dustin Hoffman, when Hoffman (a dedicated method man) was agonizing over how to play a role. Olivier looked at him and said, "Just act it." Love it.
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 9/20/07 at 9:17pm
	One of the ones I use now & then;- While Film is Art, Theatre is Life, TV is still Furniture. {I think that's how it goes?]
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 9/20/07 at 11:14pm
	Fpllowing on from Beenthantroll posting about Sir Laurance. It was sopposed to have been said by the ebcumbered lighting techie of the Old Vic. Att the time Sir Larry was in rehearsing some Shakespieare play or other. The Lampy was having great problems giving them adiquate lighting, When ol' Larry threw a wobbly & admonished the techie about his unprofessional lighting. Saying 'One can't be expecred to work under these condiyions! This would never have happened in Shakespeares or anciet Greek times my boy!" To this the techie replied"Ah yes, but look who they had as thier head lighting tecnician?" [With that he switched off the Mains] "GOD!" [then went home]
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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SherrieAnne Star Joined: 8/08/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 9/25/07 at 10:37pm
	Ah - how could I forget my favorite? From A CHORUS LINE, "Hello Twelve...", Cassie: "Listen to your mother: Those stage & movie people got there because they're special..."
	There's a little bit of diva in all of us. Some just have a larger helping than others.
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 9/26/07 at 10:26am
	If you want to suceed in this business? Get your self a manager & stop handling your self!
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 9/28/07 at 3:07pm
	gaafa, I have always liked your hear the light see the sound quote.. it comes across as a techie mantra... as we work to transport with sets, lights and other effects, each should transend its own medium if possible... When you do a good tech job, you should be able to smell the place your suppose to be..
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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pdavis69 Celebrity Joined: 3/26/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 437	Posted: 9/28/07 at 4:26pm
	Marty I've been around you after a full day working on the set and believe me we can smell the place you are.
	Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse
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jaytee060 Star Joined: 1/18/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 63	Posted: 10/07/07 at 7:25pm
	My favorite theatre quote was by the infamous literati Dorothy Parker after seeing Katherine Hepburn in the dramatic play THE LAKE............ "Miss Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
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