Uta Hagen Quotes


"Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Fun, Tennis)

"We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Shakespeare)

"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
(Related: Chance)

"We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Heart, Years)

"Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it."
- Uta Hagen
"They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don't know."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Censorship)

"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Theatre)

"Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Country)

"If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Actor, Existence, Profession, Want, Wrong)

"I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: England)

"I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Acting, Theatre)

"I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Love)

"I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Love, Movies, Actors)

"I have disassociated myself from that book."
- Uta Hagen
"Awards don't really mean much."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Awards)

"Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education."
- Uta Hagen
(Related: Education, Thought, Poor)