Alfred Lunt Quotes

#1. I can be bought, but not bored.

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#2. Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.

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#3. Miss Fontanne and I rehearse all the time. Even after we leave the theater, we rehearse. We sleep in the same bed. We have a script on our hands when we go to bed. You can't come and tell us to stop rehearsing after eight hours.

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#4. Charm is that extra quality that defies description.

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#5. I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me so many wonderful roles. It's a terrifying business, but it has its compensations. Where else could I have found someone who for 50 years has given me sheer enchantment?

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#6. The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

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#7. There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem

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