Jason Robards
Jason Robards

Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

We grow each day or don't grow. Go the other way. We're a different person all the time. The human being is something happening differently every day. That's the challenge of doing a play: using your instrument to learn and to pull out these things.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I go to the theater and dream. You learn your lines, and that gives you the security to allow the imagination and heart to come out.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I have six children, and we neglect our older ones more. Because we were so busy trying to make a living, we just say hello and goodbye... I'm sure those things stick with you.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

That's what interests me about film: directing.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I finally realize that I have earned my happiness and what little success I have. And I'm not guilty about it any more. It just happened one day. It just came out.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

Eugene O'Neil is always exploring our want to love but can't get it out there.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

When you act, you take on the attitudes and the emotions of others. There has to be a release. Most often done in conviviality. That's why there are clubs like the Players, the Friars - in London, the Garrick.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I've always wanted to be part of a family.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

To be true to a play, you can't add something that takes away from the author's intent.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

As a baseball player, you know the commodity you're selling, but with acting, you wonder, 'What the hell am I doing that is so hot?'

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

Once you're on, nobody can say, 'Cut it.' You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real live audience.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

The theater has kept me alive, and it's allowed me to work at my craft.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

Jason Robards
Jason Robards

It's part of an actor's equipment to project a voice.