"The dilemma of Brechtian performance is that, for all of Brecht's emphasis on rationality and the undermining of theatrical illusion, the actor must convincingly portray something that she is not."

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Source : Philip Auslander (2002). “From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism”, p.33, Routledge

Philip Auslander

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“I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen AllÃ¢hâ€™s MessengerÂ (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam)Â kiss you, I would never have kissed you.”
“I was like, `Oh, my God! Ashlee Simpson`s here!` ... I was freaking out, pretending like I didn`t see her. Then Ashlee Simpson walked right up to me and was like, `L.C., love your show! I watch it every week with my friends!”
“Insects influenced the shape of the Australian house. Some, like the white ant and lthe Lyctus borer, worked quietly and invisibly until a little shower of yellow dust or a sudden collapse indicated their presence. Others, like the mosquito and housefly, were less dangerous and more objectionable. The former type influenced structure in minor ways; the latter affected planning to a major degree.”
“I am kind of majoring in bull shitting.”
“Life is always trying to love us, but we need to be open if we are to see it. Fear shows us one world; and love shows us another world. We decide which world is real. And we decide which world we want to live in.”
“Solitude is the playfield of Satan.”
“That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.”
“There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.”

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