"The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the simplest question to deal with. The director deludes himself who yields to the temptation to believe that an affirmative answer settles the matter. An actor's looks will impress an audience initially but after his first five minutes on stage it becomes aware of what he or she communicates (or fails to communicate) through acting!"

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Source : "On Directing".

Harold Clurman

#Believe Quotes #Yield Quotes #Temptation Quotes

“The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.”

Source : "Composers On Music: Eight Centuries of Writings". Book by Josiah Fisk, p. 355. In conversation with Isaac Glikman (July 4, 1966), January 30, 1997.
“Every breath is a new beginning and a new chance.”

Source : Julia Gregson (2012). “Jasmine Nights: A Novel”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“Brandon Sanderson is the real thing-an exciting storyteller with a unique and powerful vision. ELANTRIS is one of the finest debuts I've seen in years.”
“Through endless night the earth whirls toward a creation unknown...”
“Where I went, no one could follow. Yet someone managed to hold my hand.”

Source : John Banville (2011). “Mefisto”, p.110, Pan Macmillan
“What really matters is what you do with what you have.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“White is too brilliant to be seen, so yellow is its filter, its costume, revealing that pure light has not only brightness but emotional resonance and depth.”

Source : Richard Grossinger (2011). “The Bardo of Waking Life”, p.87, North Atlantic Books
“That's great. They should put the hole in the fairway.”

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