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Marcel Marceau
French
Actor
About the author
Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Talking
To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Man
#Silence
#Thoughts
In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#People
#Silence
#Reflection
I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Style
#Man
#Light
#Destiny
#Shadow
Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Words
#Moments
Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Words
#Moods
#Power
#Music
#Destiny
#Opera
What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Attitude
It's good to shut up sometimes.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
Marcel Marceau,
French
Actor
#Music
#Silence