Frases de James Stewart

James Maitland Stewart , ou apenas James Stewart, foi um ator estadunidense de cinema, teatro e televisão.

Atuou em inúmeros filmes considerados clássicos, sendo indicado a cinco prêmios de Oscar de Melhor Ator, ganhando em 1941 por seu papel em Núpcias de Escândalo. Além disso, recebeu um Oscar Honorário, em 1985, pela sua carreira. Por seu trabalho na televisão, ganhou um Globo Ouro de Melhor Ator em 1974, por Hawkins. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Maio 1908 – 2. Julho 1997
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James Stewart: Frases em inglês

“When I got back from the war in 1946 people didn't want the Mr. Smith kind of movie any more, and I refused to make war pictures.”

On how he started doing westerns, as quoted in "Innocent Revisited" in TIME magazine (29 June 1970) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878861,00.html

“You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.”

As quoted in "Innocent Revisited" in TIME magazine (29 June 1970)
Contexto: I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

“I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part.”

As quoted in "Innocent Revisited" in TIME magazine (29 June 1970)
Contexto: I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

“I've sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can't figure things out all the time but keeps at it.”

On roles he looks for, as quoted in "Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart dead at 89" at CNN (2 July 1997) http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9707/02/stewart.obit.7p/

“I'm going to be with Gloria now.”

His last words http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/s/Jimmy%20Stewart/jimmy_stewart.htm, about his wife Gloria, who had died in 1994, as quoted in "Morbid Fascination" by Emily Yoffe in Slate (4 December 1997) http://www.slate.com/id/2724

“If you can do a part and not have the acting show.”

A definition of good acting, given in an interview on WNET TV (13 March 1987); sometimes quoted as "It’s well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show."

“Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.”

As quoted in The Ultimate Writer's Guide to Hollywood (2004) by Skip Press, p. 199