The Humbling Quotes
The Humbling
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Philip Roth6,951 ratings, 3.27 average rating, 784 reviews
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“Suicide is the role you write for yourself. You inhabit it and you enact it. All carefully staged—where they will find you and how they will find you. But one performance only.”
― The Humbling
― The Humbling
“Play the moment, play whatever plays for you in that moment, and then go to the next moment. It doesn't matter where you're going. Don't worry about that. Just take it moment, moment, moment, moment.”
― The Humbling
― The Humbling
“Όλοι οι άλλοι κάθονταν εκεί καταθλιπτικά σιωπηλοί, σε εσωτερική υπερένταση, προβάροντας κατά μόνας -στο λεξιλόγιο της λαϊκής ψυχολογίας ή της περιθωριακής αισχρολογίας, της χριστιανικής οδύνης ή της παρανοϊκής παθολογίας- τα πανάρχαια θέματα της δραματικής λογοτεχνίας: αιμομιξία, προδοσία, αδικία, σκληρότητα, ζήλεια, ανταγωνισμός, επιθυμία, απώλεια, ατίμωση και πένθος.”
― The Humbling
― The Humbling
“O John Gielgud dizia que às vezes ele tinha vontade de ser pintor ou escritor. Aí ele podia pegar o desempenho ruim de uma determinada noite e trabalhar nele até tarde e consertar. Mas isso era impossível. A coisa tinha que ser feita na hora. O Gielgud passou por um período muito ruim, em que nada que ele fazia dava certo. O Olivier também. O Olivier teve uma fase horrorosa. Um problema horroroso. Não conseguia encarar os outros atores, olhos nos olhos. Ele dizia aos outros atores: ‘Por favor, não olhe pra mim, senão eu desabo’. Passou um tempo sem conseguir ficar sozinho no palco. Ele dizia aos outros atores: ‘Não me deixem sozinho’.”
― The Humbling
― The Humbling
“...there was an actor who would always drink before he went onstage, and when he was warned "You mustn't drink," he replied, "What, and go out there alone?”
― The Humbling
― The Humbling
