. . . most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, … - Minnie Maddern Fiske

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Minnie Maddern Fiske

. . . most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the very last row of the top gallery. They have given more than they can afford to come. In the most self-effacing spirit of fellowship they are listening to catch every word, watching to miss no slightest gesture or expression. To save his life the actor cannot help feeling these nearest and dearest. He cannot help wishing to do his best for them. He cannot help loving them best of all.

Girl, Men, Boys, Fellowship, Help, Expression

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It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place, for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape the theatre. And the actor who is a dreamer need not. All of us can only strive to remain uncontaminated. In the world we must be unworldly, in the theatre the actor must be untheatrical.

Heart, Soul, Dreamer, Uncontaminated, Place

Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow, with many kinds of sorrow. Learn of the wonderful heroism of the poor, of the incredible generosity of the very poor

Generosity, Incredible, Night, Slums, Sorrow, Wonderful

You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things.

Mistake, Accepting, Schemes, Accept, Blunders, Mistakes

Among the most disheartening and dangerous of. . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of your own family, perhaps, loving, anxious, and knowing nothing whatever. . .

Anxiety, Closest, Dangerous, Friends, Friendship, Knowing Nothing

Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a black forest, somethingyou can enter, something you can walk about in. There you can lose yourself: you can lose yourself. And once inside, you find such wonderful glades, such beautiful, sunlit places.

Beautiful, Black, Front, Like, Painted, Play