Jason Robards Quotes
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It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.
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The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.
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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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I sort of go with the flow of what's happening on the set.
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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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I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.
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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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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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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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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.