" Ambition...it requires more ambition and more sacrifice than any other industry. And I agree that no one who takes these tests is an easy man."
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Gennaro 2022-04-19 09:01:42
"The theatre is nine-tenths hard work done the hard way, by swaet, application and craftsmanship. To be a good actor or actress or anything in the theatre, means wanting to be that more than anything else in the world. It means a concentration of desire or ambition sacrifice such as no other profession demands. And the man and woman who accepts those terms can't be ordinary, can't be just someone.
" Ambition...it requires more ambition and more sacrifice than any other industry. And I agree that no one who takes these tests is an easy man."
" Ambition...it requires more ambition and more sacrifice than any other industry. And I agree that no one who takes these tests is an easy man."
Extended Reading
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Lloyd Richards: Karen, let me tell you about Eve. She's got everything - a born actress. Sensitive, understanding, young, exciting, vibrant...
Karen: Don't run out of adjectives, dear.
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Karen: [narrating] Newton, they say, thought of gravity by getting hit on the head by an apple. And the man who invented the steam-engine, he was watching a teakettle. But not me. My big idea came to me just sitting on a couch. That boot in the rear to Margo. Heaven knows, she had one coming. From me, from Lloyd, from Eve, Bill, Max and so on. We'd all felt those size fives of hers often enough. But how? The answer was buzzing around me like a fly. I had it. But I let it go. Screaming and calling names is one thing, but this could mean...
Karen: [continues] Why not? "Why," I said to myself, "not?" It would all seem perfectly legitimate. And only two people in the world would know. Also, the boot would land where it would do the most good for all concerned. After all, it was no more than a harmless joke which Margo herself would be the first to enjoy. And no reason why she shouldn't be told about it... in time.
Karen: [on the phone, calling Eve to let her in on her little "joke"] Hello. Will you please call Miss Eve Harrington to the phone?