Bram Stoker on acting

Listen to them — the children of the night. What music they make.

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

For the dead travel fast.

The secret of acting is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

George Burns1896–1996

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Ralph Richardson1902–1983Often credited to Benjamin Franklin

If there’s anything unsettling to the stomach, it’s watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

Marlon Brando1924–2004

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