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Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

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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.

Source: The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3, l 924.
-- Sarah Bernhardt, (Oct 22 1844-1923), French actress; She performed throughout Europe and in America and became one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage.


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