Minnie Maddern Fiske
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Minnie Maddern Fiske, born as Marie Augusta Davey with some sources quoting December 19, 1864 as her date of birth, but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom. She was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. Her performances in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth19 December 1865
CountryUnited States of America
This is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding tendencies, its stifling atmosphere, its corroding influence. Once become
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.
...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with the perfecting of that medium.
You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things.