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doublezero420
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   Posted: 10/09/07 at 4:14am |
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My favorite is (i believe) an Oscar Wilde quote:
"The best two days in any theater person's life are the day he starts a new show and the day the damned thing is over with."
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Nyria
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Posted: 5/01/08 at 9:16pm |
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Here are some that relate:
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. -Einstein
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. -Einstein “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” -Scott Adams (Uncreative people) are ashamed of the momentary passing madness which is found in all real creators - Friedrich Schiller Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater... If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he chooses to learn, and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach him everything it has to teach. ... 'Talent' or 'lack of talent' have very little to do with it." |
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John Luzaich
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Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:48pm |
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One of my favorites is from an old movie with Mae West:
Woman: "My goodness, what a wonderful mink coat you have"
Mae West: "Goodness had nothing to do with it"
before Hubert H. Humphrey was Vice-President and Senator from Minnesota, we forget he was elected Mayor of Minneapolis in 1948 and said "It's amazing how much work get's done when no one worries about who takes the credit". (this later borrowed and used by many others, including me)
two quotes from President John F. Kennedy:
"We all do not have equal talent, but we all should have the equal opportunity to develop our talents".
"I see little of more importance to the future of our country, and our civilization, than the full recognition of the place of the artist"
(said in a speech to students at Amherst College, October 26, 1963)
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Willow
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Posted: 8/20/09 at 5:58pm |
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I had a bit of inspiration as to a viewpoint on the director/performer relationsip today - and I turned it into a fancy quote. Feel free to spread it around if you like it: "Together, we are a symphony. I am the Maestro, you are the instuments. With no instuments there would be only silence. With no Maestro, there would be only noise."
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~Willow~
"If you love something...set it on fire." |
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Topper
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Posted: 8/24/09 at 5:53pm |
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Another one from Oscar Wilde:
"The play was an enormous success, but the audience was a complete disaster!" |
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"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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teejaystudio
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Posted: 8/28/09 at 2:40pm |
Ahhhhhhhhh. Nice. |
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Gaafa
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Posted: 8/28/09 at 6:44pm |
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If Theatre is Live, Film is life - TV is still just Furniture! [anon]
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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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divewench
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Posted: 11/19/09 at 8:11pm |
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I always heard it:
"Theatre is Life, Film is Art, Television is Furniture."
And the one we have printed up and posted all over the dressing room and theatre office:
More Theatre, Less Drama
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Gaafa
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Posted: 11/19/09 at 8:29pm |
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Your right divewench - I think I lost something in the Ocker translation? |
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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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Ken W
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 5:32pm |
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My favorite was attributed to Spencer Tracy talking to a young man that wanted to be an actor - "Don't let 'em catch you at it"
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