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They are, as
it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a
glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves
at second-hand in them: they show us all that we are, all
that we wish to be, and all that we dread to be. What brings
the resemblance nearer is, that, as they imitate us, we, in
our turn, imitate them. There is no class of society whom so
many persons regard with affection as actors.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
They are the
only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a
studied madness.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
We must
overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any
effect at all.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
Acting is the
perfect idiot's profession.
-- Katharine Hepburn
1907-, American Actress,
Writer
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It's a
business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very
embarrassing profession.
-- Katharine Hepburn
1907-, American Actress,
Writer
The most minor
gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After
all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
-- Katharine Hepburn
1907-, American Actress,
Writer
If you give an
audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.
-- Katharine Hepburn
1907-, American Actress,
Writer
I never said
all actors are cattle, what I said was all actors should be
treated like cattle.
-- Alfred Hitchcock
1899-1980, Anglo-American
Filmmaker
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