Jason Robards Quotes
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It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.
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I was a radioman first class in the Navy. I put in seven years. I was around a lot of admirals; I served on destroyers, cruisers, and a flat top for a little while.
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The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.
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Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers.
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I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.
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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.
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It doesn't do to eat too much before a performance.
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I've played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It's helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.
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An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.
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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.
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Theater is about life, not about television or movies.
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That's what acting is: really make-believe.
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All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.