Del Close Quotes

• Fall, then figure out what to do on the way down.

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  Fall, Way, Figures

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage.

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  Inspirational, Attitude, Artist

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• The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.

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  Discovery, Honest, Truth Is

  Charna Halpern, Del Close, Kim Johnson (1994). “Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation”, Meriwether Publishing

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• Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.

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  Laughing, Connections, Revelations

  Charna Halpern, Del Close, Kim Johnson (1994). “Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation”, Meriwether Publishing

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• The more you know, the more you can make fun of

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  Fun, Knows

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• It's not about the journey. It's about the people you meet.

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  Journey, People

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• The absolute worst thing you can do in a scene is be apathetic.

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  Scene, Apathetic, Worst

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• Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter.

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  Laughter, Tragedy, Possibility

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• The only real mistake here is ignoring the inner voice.

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  Real, Mistake, Voice

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• Treat your audience like poets and geniuses and they’ll have the chance to become them.

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  Genius, Chance, Poet

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• No scene is ever about the words being spoken.

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  Scene

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• The only rule is that there are no rules.

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  Mysterious Benedict Society

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• Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.

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  Support You, Actors, Trust Yourself

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• Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.

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  Winning, Situation, Interpersonal

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• If the whole is to be Art, the parts must not try to be.

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  Art, Trying, Whole

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• I'm tired of being the funniest person in the room.

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  Tired, Rooms, Famous Last Words

  Last words of Del Close, 1999.

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