Words matter. These are the best Jason Robards Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
To be true to a play, you can’t add something that takes away from the author’s intent.
As a baseball player, you know the commodity you’re selling, but with acting, you wonder, ‘What the hell am I doing that is so hot?’
It was 1939. There was no money or jobs around. I did my parents a favor and joined the Navy.
Actors usually have a lot in common with kids.
When you act, you take on the attitudes and the emotions of others. There has to be a release. Most often done in conviviality. That’s why there are clubs like the Players, the Friars – in London, the Garrick.
Eugene O’Neil is always exploring our want to love but can’t get it out there.
Theater is about life, not about television or movies.
I don’t want actors reasoning with me about ‘motivation’ and all that bull.
It doesn’t do to eat too much before a performance.
It’s part of an actor’s equipment to project a voice.
I’ve always wanted to be part of a family.
I finally realize that I have earned my happiness and what little success I have. And I’m not guilty about it any more. It just happened one day. It just came out.
I used to just do movies for alimony purposes, between plays.
I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.
It’s 90 percent rejection, being an actor.
All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.
I go to the theater and dream. You learn your lines, and that gives you the security to allow the imagination and heart to come out.
That’s what acting is: really make-believe.
I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.
Once you’re on, nobody can say, ‘Cut it.’ You’re out there on your own, and there’s always that thrill of a real live audience.
