Quotes from Jean-Louis Barrault

The theatre has built a whole art round the actor, based on the man and his double - the actor and his character.

You have to wake up a virgin each morning.

A classic is like a hidden treasure. Its core is buried under so many layers of varnish that it can be reached only by patience and infiltration.

You have to wake up a virgin each morning.

Acting is the ability to keep an audience from coughing.