Uta Hagen Quotes

“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.”
― Uta Hagen

“Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. Envision the future.”
― Uta Hagen, Respect for Acting

“The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.”
― Uta Hagen

“It must be noted that it is often the colleague or direct disciple of a new thinker who gets stuck in literal interpretations of the work, tending to freeze the new ideas and language into an inflexible, static condition.”
― Uta Hagen, A Challenge For The Actor A Challenge For The Actor
by Uta Hagen

Vincent D'Onofrio--- "This book, A Challenge for the Actor and Respect for Acting by UTA Hagen. Like a bible to me."

“The continuing job of learning to find out who you really are, of learning to pinpoint your responses—and even more important, the myriad, consequent behaviorisms which result—will help you begin to fill your warehouse with sources upon which to draw for the construction of a character (the new you selected for your character on stage).”
― Uta Hagen, Respect for Acting

“Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting—intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one’s own experience and sensations, to make one’s self heard and seen. Talent alone is not enough. Character and ethics, a point of view about the world in which you live and an education, can and must be acquired and developed.”
― Uta Hagen, Respect for Acting