"David Corbett has combined his unique talents as a gifted writer and an extraordinary teacher to create a superb resource on character development. Deftly crafted and impeccably researched, The Art of Character is a thoughtful and insightful book that is immensely readable and practical."

-- Sheldon Siegel

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“Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2000.
“I remember the actor Dale Robertson said he quit acting when he got tired of having to hold his stomach in. I feel that way sometimes.”
“I think its easy to enjoy anywhere that you play where you feel like you got a chance to win a lot.”
“Don't expect people to behave perfectly-after all, they are people, with all of the faults and frailties of the human condition.”
“I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold both thee and me.”
“If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.”
“It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to "get involved" in a problem, it is best not to let them have any sharp implements.”
“All it takes for a contagious manly culture to form is for one genuine man to live out genuine manhood. It creates a model, something for other men to feed upon and pattern themselves after. It also gives other genuine men a vital connection that sustains and extends who they are.”

Source : Stephen Mansfield (2013). “Mansfield's Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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