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Film actress

Sarah Bernhardt, a renowned French film actress, is often referred to as the 'Queen of Drama'. Born on October 22, 1844, and passing away on March 26, 1923, Bernhardt achieved remarkable success in both theater and film. She was known for her unique acting style and versatile performances, which have left a lasting impact on the performing arts.

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Famous Sarah Bernhardt Quotes

“... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.”

Firsts Actors Water Acting Genius Playwright Plentiful

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit.... [he] must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move in the dream of another life, forgetting everything.”

“I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.”

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Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the province ofwoman: the desire to please, facility to express emotions and hide defects, and the faculty of assimilation which is the real essence of woman.”

Art Real Desire Actors Acting Emotion Please Essence Dramatic Faculty Feminine Defects Facility Provinces Assimilation Artifice

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.”

Feelings Passion Actors Strong Anger Incapable Good Actors Strong Passion

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.”

Should Action Actors Stage Visible

Author:Sarah Bernhardt

“Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.”

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Author:Sarah Bernhardt

“The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.”

Want Play Actors Kings Appearance Suitable Lear

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.”

Soul Actors Minutes Tasks Finished Resumes Good Actors

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

About the Author

Born: October 22, 1844
Died: March 26, 1923
Known for: Film actress
Quotes: 39

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The Art of the TheatreRelated source material

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