Quotes by Huxley, Aldous

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. >>

The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the ki >>

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neith >>

Quotations about Acting and Actors

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselv >>

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They have >>

Celebrity is death --- celebrity -- that's the worst thing that can ha >>

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process.

Huxley, Aldous