Monday?s HOME-Spun Wisdom

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Actress Nicole Kidman won an Academy Award last night. What is the secret to great acting? Here are some views:
Monday?s HOME-Spun Wisdom

RISMEDIA, March 24-Actress Nicole Kidman won an Academy Award last night. What is the secret to great acting? Here are some views:

?Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.?

- Constantine Stanislavski

?Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.?

- Kate Reid

?Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.?

- Katherine Hepburn

?Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.?

- Oscar Wilde

?If I wasn’t an actor, I’d be a secret agent.?

- Elijah Wood

?Acting is not a state of being … but a state of appearing to be. You can’t be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You’ve got to be in control.?

- Noel Coward

?Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.?

- Robert Brustein

?You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that’s what the storyteller is, and I think it’s important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it’s all about them, when in reality it’s all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.?

- Ben Kingsley

?The best actors do not let the wheels show.?

– Henry Fonda

?Always work from inside out; if you work from

the outside in, all you have is a dry husk.?

- Meryl Streep

?Never let yourself get between you and your character.?

- Michael Caine

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