I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.

  • -- Frances Burney 弗朗西斯·伯尼

没有真理的外表,我是不会高兴的;至少有一种可能,我希望历史是自然的,虽然感情是高雅的;虽然他们的行为很出色,但这些角色很有可能会出现。

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Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it.

当我导演这部剧的时候,我总是试着让那些和角色不一样的人出演,而是那些我觉得有这个角色的基本成分的人,某种灵魂。

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

闹剧把不可能的事当作可能,把不可能的事当作可能。

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

我一直喜欢现实中更加真实的角色。