An actor is someone who in early childhood consents to exhibit himself for the rest of his life to an anonymous public. Without that basic consent, which has nothing to do with talent, which goes deeper than talent, no one can become an actor.
 Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984). copy citation

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Author Milan Kundera
Source The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Topic childhood talent
Date 1984
Language English
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Note Translated by Michael Henry Heim
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