Logo
Quote by Bertolt Brecht
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls. – Bertolt Brecht

Other quotes by Bertolt Brecht

What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization. – Bertolt Brecht

Category:
Peace
Author
Bertolt Brecht
Read Quote

For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts. – Bertolt Brecht

Category:
Sex
Author
Bertolt Brecht
Read Quote

You dont need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured. – Bertolt Brecht

Category:
Insurance
Author
Bertolt Brecht
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Actors, Acting
category

The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history. – Thomas Campbell

Category:
Actors, Acting

He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the tracks end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive… – James Agee

Category:
Actors, Acting

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they dont come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. – Michael Caine

Category:
Actors, Acting

The actors today really need the whip hand. Theyre so lazy. They havent got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Actors, Acting

Random Quotes

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher – the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. – Toru Takemitsu

Category:
Music

I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating. – Sachin Tendulkar

Category:
Anger

My desk, most loyal friend thank you. Youve been with me on every road Ive taken. My scar and my protection. – Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva

Category:
Office

Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll. – Jimmy Connors

Category:
smile