| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63346 |
| QUOTATION: | I have no acting technique.... I act instinctively. That’s why I can’t play any role that isn’t based on something in my life. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ethel Waters (1900–1977), U.S. actor and singer. As quoted in Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage, vol. 2, by William C. Young (1975).
First quoted by Henry Hewes in the New York Times on April 30, 1950 (section 1, p. 2). |
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