"It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise."

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Source : Peter Brook (2017). “Peter Brook: Threads Of Time: A Memoir”, p.64, Bloomsbury Publishing

Peter Brook

#Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.”
“Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will be.”
“If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?”
“So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.”
“I know that I have a voice and can use it for good or bad. It's a gift from God.”
“I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my mom what I was like, she just sighs with this weary tone and says, "Oh, you were really busy."”
“An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'”
“Art's whatever you choose to frame.”

Source : Fleur Adcock (2000). “Poems 1960-2000”, Bloodaxe Books Limited

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