American - Actor | November 7, 1940 -
I think there's something about a sylvan setting; you want grass and nature with outdoor Shakespeare.
Dakin Matthews
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Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus.
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'School for Wives' is Moliere's first step toward grand comedy, but he still has one foot in commedia.
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Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these.
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Often, directors toss playwrights out of rehearsals.
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If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare play, they will come to New York first.
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I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc.
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I'm an OK singer.
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I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it.
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I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin.
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I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If you can't live without it, that's the only reason you should be an actor.' It was kind of a sideline that became my whole life.
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I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better develop theatre skills beyond just acting.
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