“Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy.” ShowsRunningActorsComedyDramaSceneOne DayLowsPerformancesTragedyFarce Author:Dick Cavett
“The Jews are among the aristocracy of every land; if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what shall we say to a national tragedy lasting for fifteen hundred years, in which the poets and the actors were also the heroes.” IfsYearsActorsLiteratureRichLandPoetHeroHundredTragedyJewPossessionClassicLastingFifteenAristocracy Author:George Eliot
“I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.” DifferentWholeActorsChanceActingCompanyRolesComedyFocusStageHavensTypeTragedyIntentionGenreEtcJumpingReservationsDifferent GenresStage Actors Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is the hardest act of all.” KnowsActorsComedyDependsElementsTragedySurpriseHardestInevitableLinearElement Of Surprise Book:Saturday's Child: A Memoir Source: Saturday's Child: A Memoir
“I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life drama in our house. Some of it was drama, some of it was comedy and some of it was comic-tragedy.” RealActorsHouseComedyDramaTragedyReal LifeComicSurprisingExpressiveDrama Life Author:John Turturro