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
You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded - Minnie Maddern Fiske
You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded
- Minnie Maddern Fiske
The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical ne… - Minnie Maddern Fiske
The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical ne…
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 tende… - Minnie Maddern Fiske
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 tende…
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will. - Minnie Maddern Fiske
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor i… - Minnie Maddern Fiske
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor i…
This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism. - Minnie Maddern Fiske
This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination. - Minnie Maddern Fiske
...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.
... 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. Th… - 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. Th…
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with the perfecting o… - Minnie Maddern Fiske
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with the perfecting o…
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