Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.

Quote by Robert Brustein

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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please...

Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream.

Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream.

Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Ideas run wild without discussion

Ideas run wild without discussion

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes...

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will...

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to...

It was just a whimsical idea that escalated when so many crazy ladies took it...

It was just a whimsical idea that escalated when so many crazy ladies took it...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Ideas are the root of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...