Famous Quotes | Be reflective ... and stay away...

Be reflective ... and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding tendencies, its stifling atmosphere, its corroding influence. Once become “theatricalized,” and you are lost, my friend; you are lost. - Minnie Maddern Fiske
Attribution: Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865–1932), U.S. actor. As quoted in Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting and the Problems of Production, ch. 3, by Alexander Woollcott (1917). This was Fiske’s advice to young actors. She had been a popular stage actor since the age of four (when she used her birth name, Minnie Maddern).

Categories: Actor, Actors And Acting, Theater, Thinking And Thought

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