“Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.”
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Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.
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If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work - then I was never an artist.
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Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.
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No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.
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