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“I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.”

Actors Notion Glad Whim

Author:Martin Parr

“As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his part never occurred to Tree.”

Play Helping Actors Simple Tree Succeed Notion

Book:Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm

Source: Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm

“If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.”

Ifs Way Young Artist Fall Actors Challenges Too Much Failing Succeed Notion Creator Painter Decent Locked Success And Failure Unhealthy Young Actors Communicators Challenge Yourself

Author:Emma Thompson

“I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.”

Thinking Kids Actors Directors Notion Good Actors

Author:Gillian Jacobs