Dame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress. Terry became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
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“Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.”
Ellen Terry
“As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.”
“Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage”
“If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work, then I was never an artist.”
“No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.”
“Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.”
“If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work - then I was never an artist.”
“Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.”
“Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite.”
“Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.”