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An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and

An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role. – Eleanor Robson Belmont

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