Acting
In the film, director Robert Aldrich mined the careers of his two stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford (who played Blanche), by using their early (circa 1930s) film clips when the story called for examples of their characters' work. However, the other characters reacted to clips of Bette Davis's early roles with dismay at her "bad acting," and when clips of Joan Crawford's old movies are shown the other characters speak with praise for her acting.
The long reputed enmity and rivalry of the two actresses was also used to fuel the energy of their performances—and to gain publicity. The actresses actually got along during the making of the movie and were very professional.
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Famous quotes containing the word acting:
“But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?””
—Bible: New Testament, Galatians 2:14.
“It is not enough to ask, ‘Will my act harm other people?’ Even if the answer is No, my act may still be wrong, because of its effects on other people. I should ask, ‘Will my act be one of a set of acts that will together harm other people?’ The answer may be Yes. And the harm to others may be great. If this is so, I may be acting very wrongly, like the Harmless Torturers.”
—Derek Parfit (b. 1943)
“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)