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Quotes of the Day for 2 April 2005 - Actors

On today's birthday list we don't find any single source of great quotes. Rather, we find a profession. On this day in 1908, Buddy Ebsen was born at Belleville, Illinois. In 1914, Alec Guinness was born at Marylebone, London, England. In 1920, Jack Webb was born at Santa Monica, California. And in 1924, Doris Day was born at Cincinnati, Ohio. Believe it or not, it doesn't stop there, but that's enough to suggest Actors as today's theme.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
     - Bette Davis, 1908 - 1989

I made some mistakes in drama. I thought the drama was when the actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
     - Frank Capra, 1897 - 1991

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
     - Glenda Jackson

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.
     - Miranda Richardson

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.
     - Washington Irving, 1783 - 1859

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.
     - Donald Sinden

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