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«When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.»
«Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking»
«With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.»
«What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?»
«Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.»
Author: Bette Davis | About: Actors and acting | Keywords: acting, insight, trade
«Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.»
«We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.»
«The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.»

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