Marian Seldes Inspirational Quotes (6)

My grandmother always used to say, If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse? I always remember this and it's true. You have to start each day again-you can't repeat what you did.

An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.