Without discipline and ...

Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.
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 Bette Davis

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If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
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