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Uta Hagen
German
Actress
About the author
Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Theatre
Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Country
If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Want
#Wrong
#Actor
#Profession
#Existence
I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#England
I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Acting
#Theatre
I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Love
I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Love
#Movies
#Actors
I have disassociated myself from that book.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
Awards don't really mean much.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Awards
Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Thought
#Poor
#Education
I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Fun
#Tennis
We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Shakespeare
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Chance
We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Years
#Heart
Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don't know.
Uta Hagen,
German
Actress
#Censorship