An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

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Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most...

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

If youth knew; if age could.

If youth knew; if age could.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of...

Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of...

Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age.

Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age.

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but...

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the...

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the...

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot,...

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot,...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one...

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one...