Quote by Tallulah Bankhead
Its one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in

Its one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work — the night watchman. – Tallulah Bankhead

Other quotes by Tallulah Bankhead

The less I behave like Whistlers mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. – Tallulah Bankhead

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Morning
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. – Tallulah Bankhead

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car
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Lets not quibble! Im the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead

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Excess
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Other Quotes from
Theater
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For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Theater

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. – Enid Bagnold

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Theater

The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything – Antonin Artaud

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Theater

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. – Robert Brustein

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Theater

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alone

Those minutes that Im on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs. – Miley Cyrus

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People are afraid, and when people are afraid, when their pie is shrinking, they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears, assuages anxiety. – Henry Louis Gates

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