Theodore Bikel Quotes

An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'

Theodore Bikel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: May 2, 1924 - July 21, 2015

Topics

LifeKnowledgeGreatTheatreFashion

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

Jim DeMint

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I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say.

Jodi Picoult

MeThinkViewPoint Of ViewBack

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

Jessamyn West

GreatActingActorBasicHeHimself

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

Jennifer Lopez

LoveYourselfLove YourselfYouOkay

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

Max Lerner

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It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Anna Julia Cooper

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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

Jean Giraudoux

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I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

Amy Purdy

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We must carefully examine regulations that could threaten the state of Arizona's water and power supply.

Trent Franks

PowerWaterArizonaMustSupply

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.

Tom Hanks

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There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.

Mitch Daniels

NothingConservativeBeingOutlook

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in '84.

Colin Firth

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