Cyril Cusack Quotes

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Cyril Cusack

Profession : Actor

Birth : November 26, 1910

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

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The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

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Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

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Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

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I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

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I am basically a religious man.

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I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days.

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I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

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I love the theatre and theatre people.

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I was rather a fat little boy.

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In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

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One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

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Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.

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The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

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Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

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They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

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