"To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist."

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Source : Uta Hagen (2009). “Respect for Acting”, p.18, John Wiley & Sons

Uta Hagen

#Artist Quotes #Rebel Quotes #Status Quo Quotes

“By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.”
“I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story, but some day I'm going to make one. I would really like to go off and direct a musical. That's what I would really like to do when I grow up.”

Source : "'Rush Hour 2': Roselyn Sanchez Interview". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com. August 3, 2001.
“To me, a performance is a military operation; it requires so much planning, and then ripping up the plan the minute you get there because you have no idea what the audience is feeling. I'm very much an entertainer, and sensitive to the audience's perception of me. I often have to do unexpected things, even for myself.”
“The must have it now mentality, was man's first step into the gorging of his natural home.”
“You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a few hard rock records. Everyone was sharing the airwaves, and I think it was a beautiful time for American music.”
“Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul.”
“I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everythingâ€”" "It's called a friendship.”
“I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.”

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