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" Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts. "
Sarah Bernhardt
Stage
Visible
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" Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. "
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" He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. "
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" For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture. "
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" Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. "
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" The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. "
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