Uta Hagen Quotes

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together. - Uta Hagen

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare. - Uta Hagen

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

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

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

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

Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting -- intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen. - Uta Hagen

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

Nobody ever learns how. The search for human behavior is infinite. You'll never understand it all. I think that's wonderful. - Uta Hagen

Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country. - Uta Hagen

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