A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

一本真正的好书教会我的比读它更好。我必须马上把它放下,开始按照它的暗示生活。我从读书开始,必须从表演结束。

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To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like it when we do monologues, looking into the character.

对我来说,当你作为一名演员开始向观众眨眼时,那是死亡之吻。我就是不喜欢。我不喜欢我们做独白,看着角色。

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

许多游戏——当然是我的——就像空白支票。演员和导演在上面签名。

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

我很反常。如果有人告诉我必须读书,我马上就不愿意去读了。

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

早在电视转播体育比赛之前,书籍就有即时重播。