A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.

  • -- Terence Rattigan 拉提根

剧作家必须是他自己的观众。小说家可能几页就失去读者;剧作家一刻也不敢失去观众。

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Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.

这么说吧:艺术剧院正在消失。它们几乎完全消失了,这意味着观众想看的东西发生了变化。他们必须意识到这一点,并且要现实。就是这么简单。

If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left.

如果你不能适应瞬息万变的环境,如果你不能创造性地思考,你就会在这个社会中失去很多,因为留给你的工作很少。

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

我的原则是,除非对我有害,否则决不发脾气。

If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.

如果我讲了一个笑话,观众笑了,这让我感觉很好。