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" If I were on 'Survivor,' I might be the first off the island. "
Dakin Matthews
Survivor
Island
First
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" You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when there are people starving? Of course, that's true. But just because you can't, theoretically, defend the arts, or make a sensible argument for their preservation, doesn't mean they're not important. "
Dakin Matthews
Argument
Art
Important
" Theater is a local art. You perform for the people in the theater that day. "
Dakin Matthews
People
Day
Art
" I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc. "
Dakin Matthews
Kind
Age
Broadway
" Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus. "
Dakin Matthews
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Work
" I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin. "
Dakin Matthews
Philosophy
Only
Pretty
" I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If you can't live without it, that's the only reason you should be an actor.' It was kind of a sideline that became my whole life. "
Dakin Matthews
People
You
Say
" I think there's something about a sylvan setting; you want grass and nature with outdoor Shakespeare. "
Dakin Matthews
I Think
Think
Nature
" I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better develop theatre skills beyond just acting. "
Dakin Matthews
Saying
Theatre
Long
" If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare play, they will come to New York first. "
Dakin Matthews
New York
Serious
Good
" Often, directors toss playwrights out of rehearsals. "
Dakin Matthews
Toss
Rehearsals
Directors
" I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible. "
Dakin Matthews
Culture
Important
Believe
" I'm an OK singer. "
Dakin Matthews
OK
Singer
" I'm a workaholic, and I know it. And I don't care to deal with it. "
Dakin Matthews
Care
Deal
Know
" I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it. "
Dakin Matthews
Got
Sort
Acting
" 'School for Wives' is Moliere's first step toward grand comedy, but he still has one foot in commedia. "
Dakin Matthews
First
School
Comedy
" I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college. "
Dakin Matthews
College
Film
Money