We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined Actors Equity.

Quote by Peter Lisagor

Topics: Actors And Acting Quotes, Opera Quotes, Television Quotes

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

I saw this show under adverse circumstances-my seat was facing the stage.

I saw this show under adverse circumstances-my seat was facing the stage.

It's so much fun playing her [Ling], but I have this fear that people are...

It's so much fun playing her [Ling], but I have this fear that people are...

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of...

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of...

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write...

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write...

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live...

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

You can observe a lot just by watching.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do...

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has...

Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard...

The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard...

If you are passionate and truthful, you find success. There are a more people who...

If you are passionate and truthful, you find success. There are a more people who...