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More Quotes by Uta Hagen
no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.
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
For some strange reason, we believe that anyone who lived before we were born was in some peculiar way a different kind of human being from any we have come in contact with in our own lifetime. This concept must be changed; we must realize in our bones that almost everything in time and history has changed except the human being.
To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.
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.
One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.
