You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things.
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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 of that medium.Minnie Maddern Fiske
Among the most disheartening and dangerous of ... advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of your own family, perhaps, loving, anxious, and knowing nothing whatever ...
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You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded.
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People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.
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