A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
表演与戏剧
Acting and the Theatre
Acting is happy agony.
演戏是快乐的痛苦。
Satire is what closes Saturday night.
讽刺是星期六晚上的尾声。
Actors are the only honest hypocrites.
演员是唯一诚实的伪君子。
A play visibly represents pure existing.
戏剧明显地代表了纯粹的存在。
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
戏剧是把枯燥的部分剪掉的生活。
An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.
演员是在雪中雕刻的雕刻家。
The best actors do not let the wheels show.
最优秀的演员不会让轮子露出来。
I sweat. If anything comes easy to me, I mistrust it.
我汗。如果有什么事情对我来说很容易，我不信任它。
Film-making has become a kind of hysterical pregnancy.
电影制作已经成为一种歇斯底里的妊娠。
I know it was wonderful, but I don't know how I did it.
我知道这很棒，但我不知道我是怎么做到的。
The whole motivation for any performer is 'Look at me, Ma.'
任何表演者的全部动机都是“看着我，妈妈”。
Opening night is the night before the play is ready to open.
首演之夜是戏剧准备开演的前一天晚上。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.
真正的悲剧可以被定义为这样一种戏剧作品:主人公外表上的失败被其人格的尊严和伟大所弥补。
Very few people go to the doctor when they have a cold, they go to the theatre instead.
很少有人感冒时去看医生，而是去看戏。
The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
最好的观众是聪明的，受过良好教育的，还有一点醉意。
The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
真正的演员——就像任何真正的艺术家一样——与集体的心有着直接的联系。
The person who wants to make it has to sweat. There are no short cuts. And you've got to have the guts to be hated.
想要成功的人必须流汗。没有捷径可走。你必须有被恨的勇气。