Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry, GBE, known professionally as Ellen Terry, was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth27 February 1847
hands understanding progress
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.
conceited progress obstacles
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
employed pig reminded romeo taught
As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.
dream night quality
Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.
skills circles differences
There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.
thinking blue expression
The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the expression as Lady Macbeth holds the crown over her head is quite wonderful.
acting pace foundation
Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.
nice eulogy doe
Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.
circles eccentric knows
Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is....
loss skills actresses
No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.
sweet art thinking
If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work, then I was never an artist.
hard-work years imagination
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am still of the same opinion. Imagination, industry [hard work], and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the greatest is, without any doubt, imagination.
confidence enemy mortals
Security is mortal's chiefest enemy.
men theater dead-man
Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.