Famous quotes containing the word gish:
“Here I sit down to form characters. One I intend to be all goodness; All goodness he is. Another I intend to be all gravity; All gravity he is. Another Lady Gish; All Lady Gish she is. I am all the while absorbed in the character. It is not fair to sayI, identically I, am anywhere, while I keep within the character.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)
“No sacrifice was too great to get the film right, to get it accurate, true, and perfect. We werent important in our minds; only the picture was.”
—Lillian Gish (18961993)
“It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can give. Nothing in your personal life must interfere, neither fatigue, illness, nor anxietynot even joy.”
—Lillian Gish (18961993)