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

Marian Seldes

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Marian Seldes
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 23
Died: 2014
Died: October 6
Film Actor
Film Actress
Music Pedagogue
Radio Personality
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Teaching
Wants
Either
Acting
Someone
Gifted
Trick
Tricks

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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.
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An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.
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I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
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If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.
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