„Quando invecchiamo, Dio fa in modo che la nostra vista s'indebolisca così che guardandoci allo specchio possiamo dire: "Non sono cambiata affatto".“
— Helen Hayes
citato in Selezione dal Reader's Digest, giugno 1974
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Helen Hayes
Data di nascita: 10. Ottobre 1900
Data di morte: 17. Marzo 1993
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Helen Hayes, nata Helen Hayes Brown , è stata un'attrice teatrale e attrice cinematografica statunitense.
Minuta, con un viso grazioso e una carismatica presenza scenica, Helen Hayes è stata considerata una delle più celebri e dotate attrici teatrali del XX secolo.
Il 12 maggio 1986 il presidente degli Stati Uniti Ronald Reagan l'ha insignita della Medaglia presidenziale della libertà.
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„One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.“
— Helen Hayes
A Gift of Joy (with Lewis Funke, 1965), p. 11
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„We are indeed a strange lot! There are times we doubt that we have any emotions we can honestly call our own. I have approached every dynamic scene change in my life the same way. When I married Charlie MacArthur, I sat down and wondered how I could play the best wife that ever was.... My love for him was the truest thing in my life; but it was still important that I love him with proper effect, that I act loving him with great style, that I achieve the ultimate in wifedom.“
— Helen Hayes
Thoughts on actors, Ch. 1
„The flattering, if arbitrary, label, First Lady of the Theatre, takes its toll. The demands are great, not only in energy but eventually in dramatic focus. It is difficult, if not impossible, for a star to occupy an inch of space without bursting seams, cramping everyone else’s style and unbalancing a play. No matter how self-effacing a famous player may be, he makes an entrance as a casual neighbor and the audience interest shifts to the house next door.“
— Helen Hayes
Ch. 4
„Marriage is like a war. There are moments of chivalry and gallantry that attend the victorious advances and strategic retreats, the birth or death of children, the momentary conquest of loneliness, the sacrifice that ennobles him who makes it. But mostly there are the long dull sieges, the waiting, the terror and boredom. Women understand this better than men; they are better able to survive attrition.“
— Helen Hayes
Ch. 12
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„Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.“
— Helen Hayes
Showcase (1966) by Roy Newquist
