Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
play office acting
Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.
jobs acting world
Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
memories atmosphere vivid
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
artist canvas glamorous
An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.
real perception painting
The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.
expression catwalk outfits
The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.
writing age faces
I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.
brain trying students
I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.
strong years punishment
I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.
fall play half
I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.
art
I've always been interested in art.
book tuscany excellent
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'
reading home play
Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.
funny fall swimming
The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.