43 Quotes by Jason Robards

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

We grow each day or don't grow. Go the other way. We're a different person all the time. The human being is something happening differently every day. That's the challenge of doing a play: using your instrument to learn and to pull out these things.

I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.

Once you're on, nobody can say, 'Cut it.' You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real live audience.

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.

It's part of an actor's equipment to project a voice.

Projection of sound gives the stage a life different from real life. As actors and interpretive artists, we must not only be able to know the attitude of the script, we must also make ourselves heard - without amplification.

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.