I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live. Jason Robards More Quotes by Jason Robards More Quotes From Jason Robards I finally realize that I have earned my happiness and what little success I have. And I'm not guilty about it any more. It just happened one day. It just came out. Jason Robards realize day success happiness Eugene O'Neil is always exploring our want to love but can't get it out there. Jason Robards to-love always want love I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead. Jason Robards failed out me drama When you act, you take on the attitudes and the emotions of others. There has to be a release. Most often done in conviviality. That's why there are clubs like the Players, the Friars - in London, the Garrick. Jason Robards emotions like you done I've always wanted to be part of a family. Jason Robards part always family wanted To be true to a play, you can't add something that takes away from the author's intent. Jason Robards true something you play Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers. Jason Robards looking moon truth time As a baseball player, you know the commodity you're selling, but with acting, you wonder, 'What the hell am I doing that is so hot?' Jason Robards know you hell hot It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor. Jason Robards actor being percent rejection 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. Jason Robards challenge grow day time I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition. Jason Robards human something always friends 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. Jason Robards live nobody you real The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft. Jason Robards craft me alive work I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull. Jason Robards about me motivation want 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. Jason Robards words mood change character It's part of an actor's equipment to project a voice. Jason Robards actor project equipment 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. Jason Robards know real attitude life Theater is about life, not about television or movies. Jason Robards movies about life television 'Iceman' covers a bigger scope than 'Long Day's Journey.' But they're both fabulous pieces of work. 'Iceman' is like a symphony. It's got all the movements, all these different voices. 'Long Day's Journey' is more like a beautiful string quartet. Jason Robards day journey work beautiful I was a radioman first class in the Navy. I put in seven years. I was around a lot of admirals; I served on destroyers, cruisers, and a flat top for a little while. Jason Robards first top navy class
