Category - Sarah Bernhardt

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Sarah Bernhardt

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

I do love cricket – it’s so very English.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

For the theatre one needs long arms… an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

To be a good actor… it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

– Sarah Bernhardt

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