Richard Hornby Quotes

• Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is a kind of identity laboratory in which social roles can be examined vicariously.

  Richard Hornby

  Theatre, Acting, Identity

  Richard Hornby (1986). “Drama, Metadrama and Perception”, p.71, Associated University Presse

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• Actor training should be broadly humanistic, involving the study not just of dramatic literature and theatre history, but of languages, literature, and history generally, and should be centered on acting in plays rather than just exercises, improvisations, monologues, or even scenes.

  Richard Hornby

  Exercise, Play, Training

  Richard Hornby (1992). “The End of Acting: A Radical View”, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

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• Nuestro yo cotidiano es una construcción estrecha... Nuestro yo total es mucho más amplio y, en última instancia, infinito. Los actores que parecen estar interpretándose a sí mismos en realidad están interpretando papeles en los que se han vuelto tan hábiles que parecen puros y naturales... Gran parte de la mala interpretación es el resultado de estar demasiado cerca del yo cotidiano del actor, confinándolo en su molde rígido.

  Richard Hornby

  Self, Everyday, Acting

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• Emotional release by itself, no matter how "real," "honest," etc. the emotion may be, is never enough to create a character...such release has no artistic form.

  Richard Hornby

  Real, Character, Emotional

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