Alfred Lunt Professions : Stage Director Born : August 12, 1892 Died : August 3, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Alfred Lunt Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. Alfred Lunt theatre voice art There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem Alfred Lunt nourishment self-esteem needs I have always felt it a great privilege to be in the theater, and I am grateful to all the playwrights who have given me so many wonderful roles. It's a terrifying business, but it has its compensations. Where else could I have found someone who for 50 years has given me sheer enchantment? Alfred Lunt found-someone grateful years I can be bought, but not bored. Alfred Lunt bored i-can Charm is that extra quality that defies description. Alfred Lunt charm quality self-esteem I speak in a loud, clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture. Alfred Lunt voice bumps trying The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture. Alfred Lunt try voice speak success There were a great many in vaudeville - people who never quite came through. But they had their place, and they filled it. They kept theatres open. Those pan-timers, those interstate-timers, those four-a-dayers, those six-a-dayers - they were an integral part of that endearing merry-go-round called vaudeville. Alfred Lunt place never great people Miss Fontanne and I rehearse all the time. Even after we leave the theater, we rehearse. We sleep in the same bed. We have a script on our hands when we go to bed. You can't come and tell us to stop rehearsing after eight hours. Alfred Lunt you sleep time hands Similar Authors Atom Egoyan stage-director Ariane Mnouchkine stage-director Eve Best stage-director Margo Jones stage-director John Caird stage-director Vincente Minnelli stage-director All Authors