Helen Hayes: Goodness

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“The good die young — but not always. The wicked prevail — but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre. O'Neil's dramas are slapstick farces, Albee's riddles are simple explanations, Pinter's threatening and threatened anti-heroes are innocent babes — next to life and the living.
I cry out for order and find it only in art.”

Source: On Reflection (1968), Ch. 14

“One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.”

A Gift of Joy (with Lewis Funke, 1965), p. 11

“The theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a strong sense of humor. There was no discomfort an actor didn’t learn to endure. To survive, we had to be horses and we were.”

Source: On Reflection (1968), Ch. 3

“An actress always knows when she’s hit it and mostly you haven’t; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that’s good enough for one life.”

The Times (19 December 1984)