Quotations From SARAH BERNHARDT

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• 1.

  Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924).
• 2.

  The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Written in 1923.
  
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• 3.

  The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924).
• 4.

  He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor ...

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Written in 1923.
  
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• 5.

  The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Written in 1923.
• 6.

  Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924).
  
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• 7.

  To be a good actor ... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Written in 1923.
• 8.

  I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actor. The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, ch. 8 (1977 ed.).
  
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• 9.

  ... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Written in 1923.
  
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• 10.

  I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts.... As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

  Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actor. The Art of the Theatre, ch. 3 (1924). Bernhardt played, among other male characters, Hamlet and the title role in L'Aiglon, by Edmond Rostand.