The 776 Nastiest Things Ever Said

by Petras, Ross; Petras, Kathryn

• ISBN13: 9780060950606
• ISBN10: 0060950609
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Perennial

Summary

On Accidents: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune, and if anybody pulled him out that, I suppose, would be a calamity. "Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister, on rival prime minister William Gladstone" On Acting: "Telegram from actress Gertrude Lawrence, about her part in "Private Lives": " Nothing wrong that can't be fixed. "Reply from playwright No l Coward: " Nothing to be fixed except your performance. On Acting Ability: A great actress, from the waist down. "Dame Margaret "Madge" Kendal, actress, on renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt" On Acting, Bad: Most of the acting could pass for government-inspected ham. "critic John Simon in a review of "The Government Inspector" as revived by Tony Randall and his New York company" On Acting Technique: If a fetchingly cleft chin can be called a performance, Schell can be said to act. "critic John Simon on Maximilian Schell" On Acting Technique: She has made an acting style out of postnasal drip. "critic Pauline Kael on Sandy Dennis" On Acting Technique: Sandy Dennis has balanced her postnasal condition with something like prefrontal lobotomy, so that when she is not a walking catarrh she is a blithering imbecile. "critic John Simon in a review of "The Fox On Actors: I deny I ever said that actors are cattle. What I said was, "Actors should be "treated "like cattle." "director Alfred