Robert Brustein Inspirational Quotes (5)

On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.

The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.